Position-dependent intra prediction sample filtering

ABSTRACT

A method of video processing is described. The method includes: determining, based on a coding mode of a current video block of a video, whether a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method is used for coding the current video block based on a first rule, and performing a conversion between the current video block and a coded representation of the video according to the determining, wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2020/109207, filed on Aug. 14, 2020, which claims the priority to and benefit of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2019/100615, filed on Aug. 14, 2019, and International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2019/117270, filed on Nov. 11, 2019. All the aforementioned patent applications are hereby incorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This document is related to video and image coding and decoding technologies.

BACKGROUND

Digital video accounts for the largest bandwidth use on the internet and other digital communication networks. As the number of connected user devices capable of receiving and displaying video increases, it is expected that the bandwidth demand for digital video usage will continue to grow.

SUMMARY

The disclosed techniques may be used by video or image decoder or encoder embodiments for performing video coding or decoding using intra prediction sample filtering.

In one example aspect, a method of video processing is disclosed. The method includes determining, based on a coding mode of a current video block of a video, whether a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method is used for coding the current video block based on a first rule; and performing a conversion between the current video block and a coded representation of the video according to the determining, wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

In another example aspect, another method of video processing is disclosed. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, an applicability of a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method to the current video block based on a color component of the video; and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

In another example aspect, another method of video processing is disclosed. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, how to apply a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method to the current video block based on a rule; and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block, and wherein the rule makes the determination based on a number of samples used during a filtering process to derive a final prediction sample.

In another example aspect, another method of video processing is disclosed. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, an applicability of a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method to the current video block based on a block dimension and/or a block shape of the current video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

In another example aspect, another method of video processing is disclosed. The method includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, an applicability of a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method to the current video block based on a block dimension and/or an angular intra prediction direction of the current video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

In yet another example aspect, the above-described method may be implemented by a video encoder apparatus that comprises a processor.

In yet another example aspect, the above-described method may be implemented by a video decoder apparatus that comprises a processor.

In yet another example aspect, these methods may be embodied in the form of processor-executable instructions and stored on a computer-readable program medium.

These, and other, aspects are further described in the present document.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an example of encoder block diagram.

FIG. 2 shows an example of 67 intra prediction modes.

FIGS. 3A and 3B show examples of reference samples for wide-angular intra prediction.

FIG. 4 illustrates a problem of discontinuity in case of directions beyond 45 degree.

FIGS. 5A to 5D illustrate definitions of reference samples.

FIG. 6 shows an example of division of 4×8 and 8×4 blocks.

FIG. 7 shows an example of division of all blocks except 4×8, 8×4 and 4×4.

FIG. 8 shows examples of locations of the samples used for the derivation of α and β.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a ‘CR’ Position for DM derivation from the corresponding luma region.

FIG. 10 shows examples of neighboring samples involved along the prediction direction.

FIGS. 11A and 11B are block diagrams of examples of a hardware platform used for implementing techniques described in the present document.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for an example method of video processing.

FIG. 13 is shows an example of intra prediction directions.

FIGS. 14A to 14E are flowcharts for example methods of video processing.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present document provides various techniques that can be used by a decoder of image or video bitstreams to improve the quality of decompressed or decoded digital video or images. For brevity, the term “video” is used herein to include both a sequence of pictures (traditionally called video) and individual images. Furthermore, a video encoder may also implement these techniques during the process of encoding in order to reconstruct decoded frames used for further encoding.

Section headings are used in the present document for ease of understanding and do not limit the embodiments and techniques to the corresponding sections. As such, embodiments from one section can be combined with embodiments from other sections.

1. SUMMARY

This document is related to video coding technologies. Specifically, it is related to intra prediction in image/video coding. It may be applied to the existing video coding standard like HEVC, or the standard (Versatile Video Coding) to be finalized. It may be also applicable to future video coding standards or video codec.

2. BACKGROUND

Video coding standards have evolved primarily through the development of the well-known ITU-T and ISO/IEC standards. The ITU-T produced H.261 and H.263, ISO/IEC produced MPEG-1 and MPEG-4 Visual, and the two organizations jointly produced the H.262/MPEG-2 Video and H.264/MPEG-4 Advanced Video Coding (AVC) and H.265/HEVC standards. Since H.262, the video coding standards are based on the hybrid video coding structure wherein temporal prediction plus transform coding are utilized. To explore the future video coding technologies beyond HEVC, Joint Video Exploration Team (JVET) was founded by VCEG and MPEG jointly in 2015. Since then, many new methods have been adopted by JVET and put into the reference software named Joint Exploration Model (JEM). In April 2018, the Joint Video Expert Team (JVET) between VCEG (Q6/16) and ISO/IEC JTC1 SC29/WG11 (MPEG) was created to work on the VVC standard targeting at 50% bitrate reduction compared to HEVC.

The latest version of VVC draft, i.e., Versatile Video Coding (Draft 6) could be found at: http://phenix.it-sudparis.eu/jvet/doc_end_user/documents/15_Gothenburg/wg11/WET-02001-v14.zip

The latest reference software of VVC, named VTM, could be found at: https://vcgit.hhi.fraunhofer.de/jvet/VVCSoftware_VTM/tags/VTM-5.2

2.1 Color Space and Chroma Subsampling

Color space, also known as the color model (or color system), is an abstract mathematical model which simply describes the range of colors as tuples of numbers, typically as 3 or 4 values or color components (e.g. RGB). Basically speaking, color space is an elaboration of the coordinate system and sub-space.

For video compression, the most frequently used color spaces are YCbCr and RGB. YCbCr, Y′CbCr, or Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr, also written as YCBCR or Y′CBCR, is a family of color spaces used as a part of the color image pipeline in video and digital photography systems. Y′ is the luma component and CB and CR are the blue-difference and red-difference chroma components. Y′ (with prime) is distinguished from Y, which is luminance, meaning that light intensity is nonlinearly encoded based on gamma corrected RGB primaries.

Chroma subsampling is the practice of encoding images by implementing less resolution for chroma information than for luma information, taking advantage of the human visual system's lower acuity for color differences than for luminance.

2.1.1 4:4:4

Each of the three Y′CbCr components have the same sample rate, thus there is no chroma subsampling. This scheme is sometimes used in high-end film scanners and cinematic post production.

2.1.2 4:2:2

The two chroma components are sampled at half the sample rate of luma: the horizontal chroma resolution is halved. This reduces the bandwidth of an uncompressed video signal by one-third with little to no visual difference

2.1.3 4:2:0

In 4:2:0, the horizontal sampling is doubled compared to 4:1:1, but as the Cb and Cr channels are only sampled on each alternate line in this scheme, the vertical resolution is halved. The data rate is thus the same. Cb and Cr are each subsampled at a factor of 2 both horizontally and vertically. There are three variants of 4:2:0 schemes, having different horizontal and vertical siting.

-   -   In MPEG-2, Cb and Cr are cosited horizontally. Cb and Cr are         sited between pixels in the vertical direction (sited         interstitially).     -   In JPEG/JFIF, H.261, and MPEG-1, Cb and Cr are sited         interstitially, halfway between alternate luma samples.     -   In 4:2:0 DV, Cb and Cr are co-sited in the horizontal direction.         In the vertical direction, they are co-sited on alternating         lines.

2.2 Coding Flow of a Typical Video Codec

FIG. 1 shows an example of encoder block diagram of VVC, which contains three in-loop filtering blocks: deblocking filter (DF), sample adaptive offset (SAO) and ALF. Unlike DF, which uses predefined filters, SAO and ALF utilize the original samples of the current picture to reduce the mean square errors between the original samples and the reconstructed samples by adding an offset and by applying a finite impulse response (FIR) filter, respectively, with coded side information signaling the offsets and filter coefficients. ALF is located at the last processing stage of each picture and can be regarded as a tool trying to catch and fix artifacts created by the previous stages.

2.3 Intra Mode Coding with 67 Intra Prediction Modes

To capture the arbitrary edge directions presented in natural video, the number of directional intra modes is extended from 33, as used in HEVC, to 65. The additional directional modes are depicted as red dotted arrows in FIG. 2 , and the planar and DC modes remain the same. These denser directional intra prediction modes apply for all block sizes and for both luma and chroma intra predictions.

Conventional angular intra prediction directions are defined from 45 degrees to −135 degrees in clockwise direction as shown in FIG. 2 . In VTM2, several conventional angular intra prediction modes are adaptively replaced with wide-angle intra prediction modes for the non-square blocks. The replaced modes are signaled using the original method and remapped to the indexes of wide angular modes after parsing. The total number of intra prediction modes is unchanged, i.e., 67, and the intra mode coding is unchanged.

In the HEVC, every intra-coded block has a square shape and the length of each of its side is a power of 2. Thus, no division operations are required to generate an intra-predictor using DC mode. In VVV2, blocks can have a rectangular shape that necessitates the use of a division operation per block in the general case. To avoid division operations for DC prediction, only the longer side is used to compute the average for non-square blocks.

FIG. 2 shows an example of 67 intra prediction modes.

2.4 Wide-Angle Intra Prediction for Non-Square Blocks

Conventional angular intra prediction directions are defined from 45 degrees to −135 degrees in clockwise direction. In VTM2, several conventional angular intra prediction modes are adaptively replaced with wide-angle intra prediction modes for non-square blocks. The replaced modes are signaled using the original method and remapped to the indexes of wide angular modes after parsing. The total number of intra prediction modes for a certain block is unchanged, i.e., 67, and the intra mode coding is unchanged.

FIG. 3A-3B show examples of reference samples for wide-angular intra prediction.

To support these prediction directions, the top reference with length 2 W+1, and the left reference with length 2H+1, are defined as shown in FIG. 3A-3B.

The mode number of replaced mode in wide-angular direction mode is dependent on the aspect ratio of a block. The replaced intra prediction modes are illustrated in Table 2-1.

TABLE 2-1 Intra prediction modes replaced by wide-angular modes Condition Replaced intra prediction modes W/H == 2 Modes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 W/H > 2 Modes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 W/H == 1 None H/W == ½ Modes 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66 H/W < ½ Mode 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66

FIG. 4 illustrates a problem of discontinuity in case of directions beyond 45 degree.

As shown in FIG. 4 , two vertically-adjacent predicted samples may use two non-adjacent reference samples in the case of wide-angle intra prediction. Hence, low-pass reference samples filter and side smoothing are applied to the wide-angle prediction to reduce the negative effect of the increased gap Δp_(α).

2.5 Definition of Angular Intra Prediction Directions

An angular intra prediction direction is defined by the tangent value of the angle as shown in FIG. 13 . The angle parameter intraPredAngle is defined by the tangent value of the angle multiplied by a factor such as 32. intraPredAngle is rounded to an integer followed by possible further adjustment.

Specifically, the intraPredAngle is defined for different prediction directions directly in VVC as shown in Table 8-8. On the other hand, the inverse angle parameter invAngle is derived based on intraPredAngle as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{i\; n\; v\;{Angle}} = {{Round}\mspace{11mu}\left( \frac{512*32}{intraPredAngle} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}130} \right) \end{matrix}$

TABLE 8-8 Specification of intraPredAngle predMode −14 −13 −12 −11 −10 −9 −8 −7 −6 −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 2 3 4 Intra intraPred 512 341 256 171 128 102 86 73 64 57 51 45 39 35 32 29 26 Angle predMode 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Intra intraPred 23 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 0 −1 −2 −3 Angle predMode 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Intra intraPred −4 −6 −8 −10 −12 −14 −16 −18 −20 −23 −26 −29 −32 −29 −26 −2 −20 Angle predMode 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 Intra intraPred −18 −16 −14 −12 −10 −8 −6 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 6 Angle predMode 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 Intra intraPred 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 23 26 29 32 35 39 45 51 57 64 Angle predMode 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Intra intraPred 73 86 102 128 171 256 341 512 Angle

2.6 Position Dependent Intra Prediction Combination

In the VTM2, the results of intra prediction of planar mode are further modified by a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method. PDPC is an intra prediction method which invokes a combination of the un-filtered boundary reference samples and HEVC style intra prediction with filtered boundary reference samples. PDPC is applied to the following intra modes without signalling: planar, DC, horizontal, vertical, bottom-left angular mode and its eight adjacent angular modes, and top-right angular mode and its eight adjacent angular modes.

The internal prediction sample pred(x,y) is predicted using an intra prediction mode (DC, planar, angular) and a linear combination of reference samples according to the Equation may be further applied to generate the final prediction sample pred(x,y) as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{pred}\left( {x,y} \right)} = \left( {{wL \times R_{({{\text{-}1},y})}} + {wT \times R_{({x,{\text{-}1}})}} - {wTL \times R_{({{\text{-}1},{\text{-}1}})}} + {\left( {{64} - {wL} - {wT} + {wTL}} \right) \times pre{d\left( {x,y} \right)}} + {32}} \right)}\operatorname{>>}6} & \left( {2\text{-}1} \right) \end{matrix}$ where R_((x, -1)), R_((-1,y)) represent the reference samples located at the top and left of current sample (x, y), respectively, and R_((-1, -1)) represents the reference sample located at the top-left corner of the current block.

If PDPC is applied to DC, planar, horizontal, and vertical intra modes, additional boundary filters are not needed, which are required in the case of HEVC DC mode boundary filter or horizontal/vertical mode edge filters.

FIGS. 5A-5D illustrate the definition of reference samples (R_((x, -1)), R_((-1,y)) and R_((-1, -0)) for PDPC applied over various prediction modes. The prediction sample pred (x′, y′) is located at (x′, y′) within the prediction block. The coordinate x of the reference sample R_((x, -1)) is given by: x=x′+y′+1, and the coordinate y of the reference sample R_((-1,y)) is similarly given by: y=x′+y′+1.

FIGS. 5A-5D show example definition of samples used by PDPC applied to diagonal and adjacent angular intra modes. FIG. 5A shows a diagonal top-right mode example. FIG. 5B shows a diagonal bottom-left mode example. FIG. 5C shows an adjacent diagonal top-right mode example. FIG. 5D shows an adjacent diagonal bottom-left mode example.

The PDPC weights are dependent on prediction modes and are shown in Table 2-2.

TABLE 2-2 Example of PDPC weights according to prediction modes Prediction modes wT wL wTL Diagonal 16 >> ( ( y′<<1 ) >> 16 >> ( ( x′<<1 ) >> shift) 0 top-right shift) Diagonal 16 >> ( ( y′<<1 ) >> 16 >> ( ( x′<<1 ) >> shift ) 0 bottom-left shift ) Adjacent 32 >> ( ( y′<<1 ) >> 0 0 diagonal shift ) top-right Adjacent 0 32 >> ( ( x′<<1 ) >> shift ) 0 diagonal bottom-left

The detailed description for PDPC in VVC draft 6 is as follows.

8.4.5.2.5 General Intra Sample Prediction

Inputs to this process are:

-   -   a sample location (xTbCmp, yTbCmp) specifying the top-left         sample of the current transform block relative to the top-left         sample of the current picture,     -   a variable predModeIntra specifying the intra prediction mode,     -   a variable nTbW specifying the transform block width,     -   a variable nTbH specifying the transform block height,     -   a variable nCbW specifying the coding block width,     -   a variable nCbH specifying the coding block height,     -   a variable cIdx specifying the colour component of the current         block.

Outputs of this process are the predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1.

The variables refW and refH are derived as follows:

-   -   If IntraSubPartitionsSplitType is equal to ISP_NO_SPLIT or cIdx         is not equal to 0, the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{refW} = {{nTb}W^{*}2}} & \left( {8\text{-}118} \right) \\ {{refH} = {{nTb}H^{*}2}} & \left( {8\text{-}119} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise (IntraSubPartitionsSplitType is not equal to         ISP_NO_SPLIT and cIdx is equal to 0), the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{refW} = {{nCbW} + {nTbW}}} & \left( {8\text{-}120} \right) \\ {{refH} = {{nCbH} + {nTbH}}} & \left( {8\text{-}121} \right) \end{matrix}$

The variable refIdx specifying the intra prediction reference line index is derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{refIdx} = {{{{\left( {{cIdx}==0} \right)?{IntraLumaRefLineIdx}}\lbrack{xTbCmp}\rbrack}\lbrack{yTbCmp}\rbrack}\text{:}0}} & \left( {8\text{-}122} \right) \end{matrix}$

The wide angle intra prediction mode mapping process as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.6 is invoked with predModeIntra, nTbW, nTbH and cIdx as inputs, and the modified predModeIntra as output.

The variable refFilterFlag is derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is equal to one of the following values: 0,         −14, −12, −10, −6, 2, 34, 66, 72, 76, 78, 80, then refFilterFlag         is set equal to 1.     -   Otherwise, refFilterFlag is set equal to 0.

For the generation of the reference samples p[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx, the following ordered steps apply:

-   -   1. The reference sample availability marking process as         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.7 is invoked with the sample         location (xTbCmp, yTbCmp), the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, the reference sample width refW, the reference         sample height refH, the colour component index cIdx as inputs,         and the reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         as output.     -   2. When at least one sample refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         is marked as “not available for intra prediction”, the reference         sample substitution process as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.8 is         invoked with the intra prediction reference line index refIdx,         the reference sample width refW, the reference sample height         refH, the reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1,         y=−1−refIdx, and the colour component index cIdx as inputs, and         the modified reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         as output.     -   3. The reference sample filtering process as specified in clause         8.4.5.2.9 is invoked with the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, the transform block width nTbW and height nTbH,         the reference sample width refW, the reference sample height         refH, the reference filter flag refFilterFlag, the unfiltered         samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . .         refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx, and the colour         component index cIdx as inputs, and the reference samples         p[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx         . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx as output.

The intra sample prediction process according to predModeIntra applies as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR, the corresponding         intra prediction mode process specified in clause 8.4.5.2.10 is         invoked with the transform block width nTbW, and the transform         block height nTbH, and the reference sample array p as inputs,         and the output is the predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_DC, the         corresponding intra prediction mode process specified in clause         8.4.5.2.11 is invoked with the transform block width nTbW, the         transform block height nTbH, the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, and the reference sample array p as inputs, and         the output is the predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_LT_CCLM,         INTRA_L_CCLM or INTRA_T_CCLM, the corresponding intra prediction         mode process specified in clause 8.4.5.2.13 is invoked with the         intra prediction mode predModeIntra, the sample location (xTbC,         yTbC) set equal to (xTbCmp, yTbCmp), the transform block width         nTbW and height nTbH, the colour component index cIdx, and the         reference sample array p as inputs, and the output is the         predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, the corresponding intra prediction mode process         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 is invoked with the intra         prediction mode predModeIntra, the intra prediction reference         line index refIdx, the transform block width nTbW, the transform         block height nTbH, the reference sample width refW, the         reference sample height refH, the coding block width nCbW and         height nCbH, the reference filter flag refFilterFlag, the colour         component index cIdx, and the reference sample array p as         inputs, and the predicted sample array predSamples as outputs.

When all of the following conditions are true, the position-dependent prediction sample filtering process specified in clause 8.4.5.2.14 is invoked with the intra prediction mode predModeIntra, the transform block width nTbW, the transform block height nTbH, the predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1, the reference sample width refW, the reference sample height refH, the reference samples p[x][y], with x=−1, y=−1 . . . refH−1 and x=0 . . . refW−1, y=−1, and the colour component index cIdx as inputs, and the output is the modified predicted sample array predSamples:

-   -   nTbW is greater than or equal to 4 and nTbH is greater than or         equal to 4 or cIdx is not equal to 0     -   refIdx is equal to 0 or cIdx is not equal to 0     -   BdpcmFlag[xTbCmp][xTbCmp] is equal to 0     -   One of the following conditions is true:         -   predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR         -   predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_DC         -   predModeIntra is less than or equal to INTRA_ANGULAR18         -   predModeIntra is less than or equal to INTRA_ANGULAR50             8.4.5.2.14 Position-Dependent Intra Prediction Sample             Filtering Process

Inputs to this process are:

-   -   the intra prediction mode predModeIntra,     -   a variable nTbW specifying the transform block width,     -   a variable nTbH specifying the transform block height,     -   a variable refW specifying the reference samples width,     -   a variable refH specifying the reference samples height,     -   the predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1,         y=0 . . . nTbH−1,     -   the neighbouring samples p[x][y], with x=−1, y=−1 . . . refH−1         and x=0 . . . refW−1, y=−1,     -   a variable cIdx specifying the colour component of the current         block.

Outputs of this process are the modified predicted samples predSamples[x][y] with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1.

Depending on the value of cIdx, the function clip1Cmp is set as follows:

-   -   If cIdx is equal to 0, clip1Cmp is set equal to Clip1_(Y).     -   Otherwise, clip1Cmp is set equal to Clip1_(C).

The variable nScale is derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is greater than INTRA_ANGULAR50, nScale is set         equal to Min(2, Log 2(nTbH)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using         invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is less than INTRA_ANGULAR18, nScale         is set equal to Min(2, Log 2(nTbW)−Floor(Log         2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using invAngle as specified in clause         8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, nScale is set to ((Log 2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2).

The reference sample arrays mainRef[x] and sideRef[y], with x=0 . . . refW−1 and y=0 . . . refH−1 are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{mai{{nRef}\lbrack x\rbrack}} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}244} \right) \\ {{{sid}{{eRef}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \; \end{matrix}$

The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and wTL[x][y] with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1 are derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR or INTRA_DC, the         following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}245} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}246} \right) \\ {{w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {y ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}247} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}248} \right) \\ {{{wT}{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}249} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_ANGULAR18 or         INTRA_ANGULAR50, the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{{ref}{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}250} \right) \\ {{{ref}{{T\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}251} \right) \\ {\left. {\left. {{{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR18}} \right)?32}}\operatorname{>>}{\left( ( \right.\; y{\operatorname{<<}1}}} \right)\operatorname{>>}{nScale}} \right)\text{:}0} & \left( {8\text{-}252} \right) \\ {\left. {\left. {{{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR50}} \right)?32}}\operatorname{>>}{\left( ( \right.\; x{\operatorname{<<}1}}} \right)\operatorname{>>}{nScale}} \right)\text{:}0} & \left( {8\text{-}253} \right) \\ {{{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR18}} \right)?{wT}}\lbrack y\rbrack}\text{:}{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack}}} & \left( {8\text{-}254} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is less than INTRA_ANGULAR18 and         nScale is equal to or greater than 0, the following ordered         steps apply:     -   1. The variables dXInt[y] and dX[x][y] are derived as follows         using invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 depending on         intraPredMode:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{dXIn{t\lbrack y\rbrack}} = \left( {{\left( {y + 1} \right)^{*}i\;{nvAngle}} + 256} \right)}\operatorname{>>}9}{{{{dX}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {x + {dXIn{t\lbrack y\rbrack}}}}} & \left( {8\text{-}255} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   2. The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and         wTL[x][y] are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{ref{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}256} \right) \\ {{{ref}{{T\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{{\left( {y < \left( {3{\operatorname{<<}{nScale}}} \right)} \right)?{mainRef}}\left\lbrack {{{dX}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} \right\rbrack}\text{:}0}} & \left( {8\text{-}257} \right) \\ \left. {{{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 32}\operatorname{>>}\left( \;\left( {y{\operatorname{<<}1}} \right) \right.\operatorname{>>}{nScale}} \right) & \left( {8\text{-}258} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}259} \right) \\ {{{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}260} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is greater than INTRA_ANGULAR50 and         nScale is equal to or greater than 0, the following ordered         steps apply:     -   1. The variables dYInt[x] and dY[x][y] are derived as follows         using invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 depending on         intraPredMode:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{dYIn{t\lbrack x\rbrack}} = \left( {{\left( {x + 1} \right)^{*}i\;{nvAngle}} + 256} \right)}\operatorname{>>}9}{{{{dY}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {y + {dYIn{t\lbrack x\rbrack}}}}} & \left( {8\text{-}261} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   2. The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and         wTL[x][y] are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{ref{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{\left( {y < \left( {3{\operatorname{<<}{nScale}}} \right)} \right)?{sideRef}}\left\lbrack {{{{dY}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}\text{:}0} \right.}} & \left( {8\text{-}262} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}263} \right) \\ {{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}264} \right) \\ \left. {\left. {{{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {32}}\operatorname{>>}{\left( ( \right.\; x{\operatorname{<<}1}}} \right)\operatorname{>>}{nScale}} \right) & \left( {8\text{-}265} \right) \\ {{{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}266} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and wTL[x][y]         are all set equal to 0.

The values of the modified predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1 are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{clip}\; 1{{Cmp}\left( {\left( {{{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}*{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack}} + {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}*{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack}} - {{{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}*{{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} + {\left( {64 - {w{L\lbrack x\rbrack}} - {w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} + {{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right)*{{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} + 32} \right) ⪢ 6} \right)}}} & \left( {8\text{-}267} \right) \end{matrix}$

2.7 Intra Subblock Partitioning (ISP)

In JVET-M0102, ISP is proposed, which divides luma intra-predicted blocks vertically or horizontally into 2 or 4 sub-partitions depending on the block size dimensions, as shown in Table 2. FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show examples of the two possibilities. All sub-partitions fulfill the condition of having at least 16 samples.

TABLE 2 Number of sub-partitions depending on the block size. Block Size Number of Sub-Partitions 4 × 4 Not divided 4 × 8 and 8 × 4 2 All other cases 4

FIG. 6 shows an example of division of 4×8 and 8×4 blocks.

FIG. 7 shows an example of division of all blocks except 4×8, 8×4 and 4×4.

For each of these sub-partitions, a residual signal is generated by entropy decoding the coefficients sent by the encoder and then inverse quantizing and inverse transforming them. Then, the sub-partition is intra predicted and finally the corresponding reconstructed samples are obtained by adding the residual signal to the prediction signal. Therefore, the reconstructed values of each sub-partition will be available to generate the prediction of the next one, which will repeat the process and so on. All sub-partitions share the same intra mode.

Based on the intra mode and the split utilized, two different classes of processing orders are used, which are referred to as normal and reversed order. In the normal order, the first sub-partition to be processed is the one containing the top-left sample of the CU and then continuing downwards (horizontal split) or rightwards (vertical split). As a result, reference samples used to generate the sub-partitions prediction signals are only located at the left and above sides of the lines. On the other hand, the reverse processing order either starts with the sub-partition containing the bottom-left sample of the CU and continues upwards or starts with sub-partition containing the top-right sample of the CU and continues leftwards.

2.8 Quantized Residual Domain BDPCM

In JVET-N0413, quantized residual domain BDPCM (denote as RBDPCM hereinafter) is proposed. The intra prediction is done on the entire block by sample copying in prediction direction (horizontal or vertical prediction) similar to intra prediction. The residual is quantized and the delta between the quantized residual and its predictor (horizontal or vertical) quantized value is coded. For a block of size M (rows)×N (cols), let r_(i,j), 0≤i≤M−1, 0≤j≤N−1 be the prediction residual after performing intra prediction horizontally (copying left neighbor pixel value across the predicted block line by line) or vertically (copying top neighbor line to each line in the predicted block) using unfiltered samples from above or left block boundary samples. Let Q(r_(i,j)), 0≤i≤M−1, 0≤j≤N−1 denote the quantized version of the residual r_(i,j), where residual is difference between original block and the predicted block values. Then the block DPCM is applied to the quantized residual samples, resulting in modified M×N array {tilde over (R)} with elements {tilde over (r)}_(i,j). When vertical BDPCM is signalled:

When vertical BDPCM is signalled:

${\overset{\sim}{r}}_{i,j} = \left\{ {\begin{matrix} {{Q\left( r_{i,j} \right)},} & {{i = 0},{0 \leq j \leq \left( {N - 1} \right)}} \\ {{{Q\left( r_{i,j} \right)} - {Q\left( r_{{({i - 1})},j} \right)}},} & {{1 \leq i \leq \left( {M - 1} \right)},{0 \leq j \leq \left( {N - 1} \right)}} \end{matrix}.} \right.$

For horizontal prediction, similar rules apply, and the residual quantized samples are obtained by

${\overset{\sim}{r}}_{i,j} = \left\{ {\begin{matrix} {{Q\left( r_{i,j} \right)},} & {{0 \leq i \leq \left( {M - 1} \right)},{j = 0}} \\ {{{Q\left( r_{i,j} \right)} - {Q\left( r_{i,{({j - 1})}} \right)}},} & {{0 \leq i \leq \left( {M - 1} \right)},{1 \leq j \leq \left( {N - 1} \right)}} \end{matrix}.} \right.$

The residual quantized samples are sent to the decoder.

On the decoder side, the above calculations are reversed to produce Q (r_(i,j)), 0≤i≤M−1, 0≤j≤N−1. For vertical prediction case,

${{Q\left( r_{i,j} \right)} = {\sum_{k = 0}^{i}{\overset{\sim}{r}}_{k,j}}},{0 \leq i \leq \left( {M - 1} \right)},{0 \leq j \leq {\left( {N - 1} \right).}}$

For horizontal case,

${{Q\left( r_{i,j} \right)} = {\sum_{k = 0}^{j}{\overset{˜}{r}}_{i,k}}},{0 \leq i \leq \left( {M - 1} \right)},{0 \leq j \leq {\left( {N - 1} \right).}}$

The inverse quantized residuals, Q⁻¹(Q(r_(i,j))), are added to the intra block prediction values to produce the reconstructed sample values.

The main benefit of this scheme is that the inverse DPCM can be done on the fly during coefficient parsing simply adding the predictor as the coefficients are parsed or it can be performed after parsing.

Transform skip is always used in quantized residual domain BDPCM.

2.9 Cross-Component Linear Model Prediction (CCLM)

To reduce the cross-component redundancy, a cross-component linear model (CCLM) prediction mode is used in the VTM4, for which the chroma samples are predicted based on the reconstructed luma samples of the same CU by using a linear model as follows:

pred_(C)(i, j) = α ⋅ rec_(L)^(′)(i, j) + β

where pred_(C)(i, j) represents the predicted chroma samples in a CU and rec_(L)(i, j) represents the downsampled reconstructed luma samples of the same CU. Linear model parameter α and β are derived from the relation between luma values and chroma values from two samples, which are luma sample with minimum sample value and with maximum sample inside the set of downsampled neighboring luma samples, and their corresponding chroma samples. The linear model parameters α and β are obtained according to the following equations.

$\alpha = \frac{Y_{a} - Y_{b}}{X_{a} - X_{b}}$ β = Y_(b) − α ⋅ X_(b)

Where Y_(a) and X_(a) represent luma value and chroma value of the luma sample with maximum luma sample value. And X_(b) and Y_(b) represent luma value and chroma value of the luma sample with minimum luma sample, respectively. FIG. 8 shows an example of the location of the left and above samples and the sample of the current block involved in the CCLM mode.

FIG. 8 shows examples of locations of the samples used for the derivation of α and β. The division operation to calculate parameter a is implemented with a look-up table. To reduce the memory required for storing the table, the diff value (difference between maximum and minimum values) and the parameter a are expressed by an exponential notation. For example, diff is approximated with a 4-bit significant part and an exponent. Consequently, the table for 1/diff is reduced into 16 elements for 16 values of the significand as follows:

DivTable [] = {0, 7, 6, 5, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0}

This would have a benefit of both reducing the complexity of the calculation as well as the memory size required for storing the needed tables

Besides the above template and left template can be used to calculate the linear model coefficients together, they also can be used alternatively in the other 2 LM modes, called LM_A, and LM_L modes.

In LM_A mode, only the above template are used to calculate the linear model coefficients. To get more samples, the above template are extended to (W+H). In LM_L mode, only left template are used to calculate the linear model coefficients. To get more samples, the left template are extended to (H+W).

For a non-square block, the above template are extended to W+W, the left template are extended to H+H.

To match the chroma sample locations for 4:2:0 video sequences, two types of downsampling filter are applied to luma samples to achieve 2 to 1 downsampling ratio in both horizontal and vertical directions. The selection of downsampling filter is specified by a SPS level flag. The two downsmapling filters are as follows, which are corresponding to “type-0” and “type-2” content, respectively.

${{rec}_{L}^{\prime}\left( {i,j} \right)} = {{{{\quad\quad}\begin{bmatrix} {{{re}{c_{L}\left( {{{2i} - 1},{{2j} - 1}} \right)}} + {2 \cdot {{rec}_{L}\left( {{{2i} - 1},{{2j} - 1}} \right)}} + {{rec}_{L}\left( {{{2i} + 1},{{2j} - 1}} \right)} +} \\ {{{rec}_{L}\left( {{{2i} - 1},{2j}} \right)} + {2 \cdot {{rec}_{L}\left( {{2i},{2j}} \right)}} + {{rec}_{L}\left( {{{2i} + 1},{2j}} \right)} + 4} \end{bmatrix}} ⪢ {3{{rec}_{L}^{\prime}\left( {i,j} \right)}}} = {\begin{bmatrix} {{{rec}_{L}\left( {{2i},{{2j} - 1}} \right)} + {{rec}_{L}\left( {{{2i} - 1},{2j}} \right)} + {4 \cdot {{rec}_{L}\left( {{2i},{2j}} \right)}} +} \\ {{{rec}_{L}\left( {{{2i} + 1},{2j}} \right)} + {{rec}_{L}\left( {{2i},{{2j} + 1}} \right)} + 4} \end{bmatrix} ⪢ 3}}$

Note that only one luma line (general line buffer in intra prediction) is used to make the downsampled luma samples when the upper reference line is at the CTU boundary.

According to current VVC design, PDPC is further applied to the prediction block generated in the CCLM mode based on luma samples.

This parameter computation is performed as part of the decoding process and is not just as an encoder search operation. As a result, no syntax is used to convey the α and β values to the decoder.

For chroma intra mode coding, a total of 8 intra modes are allowed for chroma intra mode coding. Those modes include five traditional intra modes and three cross-component linear model modes (CCLM, LM_A, and LM_L). Chroma mode coding directly depends on the intra prediction mode of the corresponding luma block. Since separate block partitioning structure for luma and chroma components is enabled in I slices, one chroma block may correspond to multiple luma blocks. Therefore, for Chroma DM mode, the intra prediction mode of the corresponding luma block covering the center position of the current chroma block is directly inherited.

2.10 Chroma Intra Prediction Modes

For chroma intra mode coding, a total of 8 or 5 intra modes are allowed for chroma intra mode coding depending on whether cross-component linear model (CCLM) is enabled or not. Those modes include five traditional intra modes and three cross-component linear model modes (with IntraPredModeC set to 81, 82 and 83, respectively).

2.10.1 DM Mode

In chroma Direct Mode or Derived Mode (DM), prediction mode of co-located luma block is used for deriving the chroma intra prediction mode.

Firstly, an intra prediction mode lumaIntraPredMode is derived:

-   -   If the co-located luma block is coded in MIP mode,         lumaIntraPredMode is set equal to Planar mode.     -   Otherwise, if the co-located luma block is coded in IBC mode or         palette mode, lumaIntraPredMode is set equal to DC mode.     -   Otherwise, lumaIntraPredMode is set equal to the intra         prediction mode of the co-located luma block covering the         corresponding luma sample of the center of chroma block. An         example is depicted in FIG. 9 .

Secondly, the intra chroma prediction mode (denoted as IntraPredModeC) is derived according to lumaIntraPredMode as highlighted in bold and Italic in the following table. Note that intra_chroma_pred_mode equal to 4 refers to the DM mode.

Note that in VVC, due to the dual tree, one chroma block may correspond to a luma region which covers multiple CUs. For example, in FIG. 9 , the grey area of the chroma block is corresponding to the luma region which covers 5 CUs. When deriving DM mode, only one of the five CUs is checked, which is the “CR” as depicted in FIG. 9 .

FIG. 9 shows an example of a ‘CR’ Position for DM derivation from the corresponding luma region.

TABLE 8-2 Specification of IntraPredModeC[ xCb ][ yCb ] depending on cclm_mode_flag, cclm_mode_idx, intra_chroma_pred_mode and lumaIntraPredMode lumaIntraPredMode X cclm_mode_flag cclm_mode_idx intra_chroma_pred_mode 0 50 18 1 ( 0 <= X <= 66 ) 0 — 0 66  0  0  0  0 0 — 1 50 66 50 50 50 0 — 2 18 18 66 18 18 0 — 3  1  1  1 66  1 0 —

1 0 — 81 81 81 81 81 1 1 — 82 82 82 82 82 1 2 — 83 83 83 83 83

Finally, if the color format of the picture is 4:2:2, IntraPredModeC is further modified according to the following table for the DM mode.

Specification of the 4:2:2 Mapping Process from Chroma Intra Prediction Mode X to Mode Y when chroma_format_idc is Equal to 2

mode X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 mode Y 0 1 61 62 63 64 65 66 2 3 4 6 8 10 12 13 14 16 mode X 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 mode Y 18 20 22 23 24 26 28 30 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 mode X 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 mode Y 42 43 44 44 44 45 46 46 46 47 48 48 48 49 50 51 52 52 mode X 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 mode Y 52 53 54 54 54 55 56 56 56 57 58 59 60

3. EXAMPLES OF TECHNICAL PROBLEMS SOLVED BY EMBODIMENTS

The PDPC has the following problems:

-   -   1. In Planar mode or DC mode, the weighting factors (e.g., wL,         wT and wLT) for neighboring samples depend on the prediction         angle which is undefined in Planar and DC mode.     -   2. PDPC is enabled for CCLM mode, however, how to select the         neighboring samples and the weights applied to neighboring         samples and chroma prediction signal generated from luma block         with the linear model is undefined.     -   3. PDPC is enabled when “predModeIntra is less than or equal to         INTRA_ANGULAR50”. For the top-right wide-angular modes, PDPC         will be disabled. Therefore, PDPC is disabled for certain         wide-angular modes, which may be unreasonable.     -   4. A listing of techniques and embodiments

The list below should be considered as examples to explain general concepts. These items should not be interpreted in a narrow way. Furthermore, these items can be combined in any manner.

Suppose width and height of the block (CU/PU/TU/CB/PB/TB etc.) are W and H respectively, predSamples(x, y) represents the predicted sample value at location (x, y), x=0 . . . W−1, y=0 . . . H−1. (x, y) is the coordinator of the sample relative to the top-left sample of the block, and x and y are the horizontal and vertical position of the sample respectively. R(x, y) represents the neighboring samples (e.g., reconstructed neighboring samples, or reconstructed neighboring samples modified by certain filtering process), with x=−1, y=−1 . . . refH−1 and x=0 . . . refW−1, y=−1, wherein refH and refW are the height and width of the reference neighboring samples. Let maxTbSize be the maximum transform block size, e.g., 32 or 64, and wL[x], wT[y] are the weighting factors of the left neighboring samples and the above neighboring samples respectively. Let function Log 2(N) be the base-2 logarithm of N. Functions Abs(x), Floor(x) and Round(x) are defined as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{Abs}(x)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix} {x\ } & ; & {x>=0} \\ {- x} & ; & {x < 0} \end{matrix} \right.} & \left( {4\text{-}1} \right) \\ {{Floor}\mspace{14mu}(x)\mspace{14mu}{the}\mspace{14mu}{largest}\mspace{14mu}{integer}\mspace{14mu}{less}\mspace{14mu}{than}\mspace{14mu}{or}\mspace{14mu}{equal}\mspace{14mu}{to}\mspace{14mu}{x.}} & \left( {4\text{-}2} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   1. It is proposed that in Planar mode or/and DC mode, the         weighting factors of neighboring samples in PDPC may only depend         on the dimension(s) (e.g., width denoted as W or/and height         denoted as H) of the block or/and the position of the sample to         be filtered.         -   a. In one example, for sample at position (x, y), weighting             factor of the above neighboring sample (e.g., R_((x, -1)))             may be defined as wT[y]=N1>>((y<<N2)>>nScale), wherein             nScale=((Log 2(W)+Log 2(H)−N3)>>N4) and N1, N2, N3 and N4             are non-negative integers.         -   b. In one example, for sample at position (x, y), weighting             factor of the left neighboring sample (e.g., R_((-1, y)))             may be defined as wL[x]=N1>>((x N2)>>nScale), wherein             nScale=((Log 2(W)+Log 2(H)−N3)>>N4).         -   c. In one example, for sample at position (x, y), weighting             factor of the top-left neighboring sample (e.g.,             R_((-1, -1))) may be set equal to zero.         -   d. N1, N2, N3 and N4 are non-negative integers. For example,             N1=32, N2=1, N3=2, and N4=2.     -   2. Whether and/how to apply PDPC may depend on whether the         current block is coded in CCLM modes (such as LM, LM-T, LM-L).         -   a. PDPC may not be applied in CCLM modes.         -   b. Alternatively, PDPC may be applied together with CCLM             modes wherein the prediction signal generated from luma             blocks, and chroma neighboring samples are utilized to             derive the final prediction chroma block. The selection of             neighboring chroma samples and/or weighting factors may be             defined as follows:             -   i. In one example, the way to select the neighboring                 chroma samples and/or to determine the weighting factors                 of the neighboring chroma samples may be the same as                 that in a predefined mode (e.g., Planar mode).             -   ii. Alternatively, when the corresponding luma block is                 coded in intra prediction mode like angular prediction                 modes (e.g., further including wide-angular prediction                 modes, or vertical mode or horizontal mode) or Planar                 mode or DC mode, such intra prediction mode may be used                 for selecting the neighboring chroma samples and                 determining the weighting factors of the neighboring                 chroma samples.                 -   1. In one example, the corresponding luma block is                     one of the coding units/prediction units/transform                     units that the corresponding luma region (e.g., the                     grey area in FIG. 9 ) covers.                 -    a. In one example, the corresponding luma block is                     the coding units/prediction units/transform units                     covers the corresponding luma sample of the center                     chroma sample (such as CR in FIG. 9 ).             -   iii. Alternatively, when the corresponding luma block is                 coded in intra prediction mode like angular prediction                 modes (e.g., further including wide-angular prediction                 modes, or vertical mode or horizontal mode) or Planar                 mode or DC mode, such intra prediction mode may be used                 for selecting the neighboring chroma samples and                 determining the weighting factors of the neighboring                 chroma samples.         -   c. Alternatively, PDPC may be applied to CCLM coded blocks             with the prediction signal generated from luma blocks, and             derived chroma neighboring samples instead of using             reconstructed chroma neighboring samples.             -   i. In one example, the neighboring chroma samples may be                 derived from the neighboring luma samples of the                 corresponding luma block by using the linear model                 derived in the CCLM process.         -   d. Alternatively, the corresponding reconstructed luma             samples in the corresponding luma block may be filtered by             PDPC before being used for predicting the chroma samples.             -   i. In one example, when filtering the reconstructed luma                 samples, the way to select the neighboring samples                 and/or to determine the weighting factors of the                 neighboring luma samples may be the same as that in a                 predefined mode (e.g., Planar mode).             -   ii. Alternatively, the way to select the neighboring                 samples and/or to determine the weighting factors of the                 neighboring luma samples may depend on the intra                 prediction mode of the luma block.                 -   1. In one example, when the luma block is coded in                     intra prediction mode like angular prediction modes                     (including wide-angular prediction modes, or                     vertical mode or horizontal mode) or Planar mode or                     DC mode, such intra prediction mode may be used for                     selecting the neighboring luma samples and                     determining the weighting factors of the neighboring                     luma samples.     -   3. Whether and/how to apply PDPC may depend on whether the         current block is coded in wide angular intra-prediction modes.         -   a. PDPC may be applied for blocks with wide-angular intra             prediction modes.             -   i. In one example, PDPC may be applied for blocks with                 some specific (not all) wide-angular intra prediction                 modes.         -   b. PDPC may not be applied for blocks with wide-angular             intra prediction modes.     -   4. Whether PDPC can be applied to a block may depend on whether         both the above neighboring samples and the left neighboring         samples (e.g., R_((-1, y)) and R_((x, -1)) in equation (2-1))         are “involved” along the intra prediction direction. For         example, in the intra prediction process, suppose a sample is         predicted from a left/above neighboring sample (may be located         at fractional position). A half-line is drawn along the intra         prediction direction with the starting point being the         left/above neighboring sample, if the half-line across the         above/left neighboring row/column, then, both the above         neighboring samples and the left neighboring samples are said to         be “involved” along the intra prediction direction for the         sample. Note that R_((-1, -1)) may be always considered as a         left neighboring sample or a above neighboring sample but not         both.         -   a. In one example, the intra prediction direction may be             defined as an angular intra prediction mode.             -   i. In one example, the intra prediction direction may                 exclude the vertical or/and horizontal prediction                 direction).             -   ii. In one example, the intra prediction direction may                 exclude the DC and/or Planar mode.             -   iii. In one example, the intra prediction direction may                 exclude the wide-angular intra prediction mode.         -   b. In one example, if both the above neighboring samples and             the left neighboring samples are “involved” along the intra             prediction direction for predicting at least N samples             (e.g., N=1) of the block, PDPC may be applied. An example is             shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and (b) wherein PDPC is enabled.             -   i. Alternatively, furthermore, if the two neighboring                 samples are not “involved” in the intra prediction                 process for predicting any samples of the block, PDPC                 may not be applied, an example is shown in FIGS. 10 (c)                 and (d).

FIG. 10 shows examples of neighboring samples involved along the prediction direction.

-   -   5. Whether to enable or disable PDPC may depend on color         component.         -   a. In one example, PDPC may be enabled for luma color             component (e.g., Yin YCbCr color format; G in RGB color             format) but may be disabled for at least one chroma color             component (e.g., Cb and/or Cr in YCbCr color format; B             and/or R in RGB color format).     -   6. Multiple ways of PDPC may be allowed, based on the filtering         process involves how many samples to derive one final prediction         sample.         -   a. In one example, one final prediction sample may be             derived according to one or multiple left neighboring             samples (filtered or unfiltered) and the internal prediction             values (e.g., pred(x,y) in equation 2-1) obtained e.g., from             normal intra prediction process.         -   b. In one example, one final prediction sample may be             derived according to one or multiple above neighboring             samples (filtered or unfiltered) and the internal prediction             values (e.g., pred(x,y) in equation 2-1) obtained e.g., from             normal intra prediction process.         -   c. Which way of PDPC shall be applied to a block may be             dependent on coded information:             -   i. Block dimension             -   ii. Block shape             -   iii. Ratio between block width and height             -   iv. Index or flags signaled in a video unit     -   7. Whether PDPC can be applied to a block may depend on the         block dimension and/or block shape (square or non-square).         -   a. In one example, for non-square blocks, PDPC may be             disabled.         -   b. In one example, whether to enable or disable PDPC may             depend on the ratio between block width and block height.         -   c. PDPC may be disallowed when block size is small             -   i. In one example, when the width of a block is smaller                 than or equal to a threshold T (e.g. T=2, 4), PDPC may                 be disallowed.             -   ii. In one example, when the height of a block is                 smaller than or equal to a threshold T (e.g. T=2, 4),                 PDPC may be disallowed.             -   iii. In one example, when the number of luma samples in                 a block is smaller than or equal to a threshold T (e.g.,                 16, 32, 64), PDPC may be disallowed.         -   d. PDPC may be disallowed when block size is large.             -   i. In one example, when the width of a block is greater                 than or equal to a threshold T (e.g. T=32), PDPC may be                 disallowed.             -   ii. In one example, when the height of a block is                 greater than or equal to a threshold T (e.g. T=32), PDPC                 may be disallowed.             -   iii. In one example, when the number of luma samples in                 a block is greater than or equal to a threshold T (e.g.,                 1024), PDPC may be disallowed.         -   e. Whether to enable or disable the PDPC may be decided             independently for different color components.     -   8. Whether PDPC can be applied to a block may depend on the         block dimension and/or the angular intra prediction direction.         -   a. In one example, for a vertical angular prediction             direction, PDPC may be disabled when the height (or/and             width) of the block is smaller than a threshold T1.             -   i. In one example, for a vertical angular prediction                 direction, PDPC may be disabled when the height (or/and                 width) of the block is greater than a threshold T2.         -   b. In one example, for a horizontal angular prediction             direction, PDPC may be disabled when the width (or/and             height) of the block is smaller than a threshold T3.             -   i. In one example, for a horizontal angular prediction                 direction, PDPC may be disabled when the width (or/and                 height) of the block is greater than a threshold T4.         -   c. In one example, T1, T2, T3 and T4 may depend on the             tangent value of the prediction direction.             -   i. In one example, T1, T2, T3 and T4 may depend on the                 angle parameter intraPredAngle which equals to the                 tangent value of the prediction direction multiplied by                 a factor (e.g., 32).                 -   1. In one example, intraPredAngle may be rounded to                     an integer value followed by possible further                     adjustment.             -   ii. In one example, intraPredAngle may be defined for                 angular intra prediction directions as in Table 8-8.         -   d. In one example, T1, T2, T3 and T4 may depend on the             cotangent value of the prediction direction.             -   i. In one example, T1, T2, T3 and T4 may depend on the                 inverse angle parameter invAngle which equals to the                 cotangent value of the prediction direction multiplied                 by a factor (e.g., 512).                 -   1. In one example, invAngle may be rounded to an                     integer value followed by possible further                     adjustment.             -   ii. In one example, invAngle may be derived based on                 intraPredAngle.                 -   1. For example, invAngle may be derived as invAngle=

${invAngle} = {{Round}\mspace{14mu}{\left( \frac{512*32}{{intraPredAng}le} \right).}}$

-   -   -   e. In one example, T1 and T3 may be defined as             2^(Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle-2))-8).             -   i. For example, for a vertical prediction direction,                 PDPC may be disabled if Log 2(nTbH)−Floor(Log                 2(3*invAngle−2))+8 is less than 0, wherein nTbH is the                 height of the block.             -   ii. For example, for a horizontal prediction direction,                 PDPC may be disabled if Log 2(nTbW)−Floor(Log                 2(3*invAngle−2))+8 is less than 0, wherein nTbW is the                 width of the block.         -   f. In one example, such constraint may be applied only to             prediction directions with positive tangent values.             -   i. In one example, such constraint may be applied only                 to prediction directions with positive angle parameter                 intraPredAngle.             -   ii. In one example, such constraint may be applied only                 to prediction directions with positive inverse angle                 parameter invAngle.             -   iii. In one example, such constraint may not be applied                 to Vertical prediction (tangent value is positive                 infinite) and Horizontal prediction (cotangent value is                 negative infinite).         -   g. In one example, PDPC may be always disabled for             prediction directions with negative tangent values.             -   i. In one example, PDPC may be always disabled for                 prediction directions with negative angle parameter                 intraPredAngle.             -   ii. In one example, PDPC may be always disabled for                 prediction directions with negative inverse angle                 parameter invAngle.

5. EMBODIMENT

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5.1 One Example

This is an example of bullet 1.

8.4.5.2.14 Position-Dependent Intra Prediction Sample Filtering Process

Inputs to this process are:

-   -   the intra prediction mode predModeIntra,     -   a variable nTbW specifying the transform block width,     -   a variable nTbH specifying the transform block height,     -   a variable refW specifying the reference samples width,     -   a variable refH specifying the reference samples height,     -   the predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1,         y=0 . . . nTbH−1,     -   the neighbouring samples p[x][y], with x=−1, y=−1 . . . refH−1         and x=0 . . . refW−1, y=−1,     -   a variable cIdx specifying the colour component of the current         block.         Outputs of this process are the modified predicted samples         predSamples[x][y] with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1.         Depending on the value of cIdx, the function clip1Cmp is set as         follows:     -   If cIdx is equal to 0, clip1Cmp is set equal to Clip1_(Y).     -   Otherwise, clip1Cmp is set equal to Clip1_(C).         The variable nScale is derived as follows:     -   If predModeIntra is greater than INTRA_ANGULAR50, nScale is set         equal to Min(2, Log 2(nTbH)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using         invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is less than INTRA_ANGULAR18 and is         not equal to INTRA_PLANAR and is not equal to INTRA_DC, nScale         is set equal to Min(2, Log 2(nTbW)−Floor(Log         2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using invAngle as specified in clause         8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, nScale is set to ((Log 2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2).         The reference sample arrays mainRef[x] and sideRef[y], with x=0         . . . refW−1 and y=0 . . . refH−1 are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{mai{{nRef}\lbrack x\rbrack}} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}244} \right) \\ {{{sid}{{eRef}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \; \end{matrix}$ The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and wTL[x][y] with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1 are derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR or INTRA_DC, the         following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}245} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}246} \right) \\ {{w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {y ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}247} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}248} \right) \\ {{{wT}{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}249} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_ANGULAR18 or         INTRA_ANGULAR50, the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{ref{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}250} \right) \\ {{{ref}{{T\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}251} \right) \\ {\left. {\left. {{{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR18}} \right)?32}}\operatorname{>>}{\left( ( \right.\; y{\operatorname{<<}1}}} \right)\operatorname{>>}{nScale}} \right)\text{:}0} & \left( {8\text{-}252} \right) \\ {\left. {\left. {{{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR50}} \right)?32}}\operatorname{>>}{\left( ( \right.\; x{\operatorname{<<}1}}} \right)\operatorname{>>}{nScale}} \right)\text{:}0} & \left( {8\text{-}253} \right) \\ {{{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR18}} \right)?{wT}}\lbrack y\rbrack}\text{:}{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack}}} & \left( {8\text{-}254} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is less than INTRA_ANGULAR18 and         nScale is equal to or greater than 0, the following ordered         steps apply:     -   3. The variables dXInt[y] and dX[x][y] are derived as follows         using invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 depending on         intraPredMode:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{dXIn{t\lbrack y\rbrack}} = \left( {{\left( {y + 1} \right)^{*}i\;{nvAngle}} + 256} \right)}\operatorname{>>}9}{{{{dX}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {x + {dXIn{t\lbrack y\rbrack}}}}} & \left( {8\text{-}255} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   4. The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and         wTL[x][y] are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}256} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {y < \left( {3 ⪡ {nScale}} \right)} \right)\mspace{14mu}?\mspace{14mu}{mainRef}}\left\lbrack {d{{X\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right\rbrack}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}257} \right) \\ {{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {32 ⪢ \left( {y ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}}} & \left( {8\text{-}258} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}259} \right) \\ {{{wT}{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}260} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is greater than INTRA_ANGULAR50 and         nScale is equal to or greater than 0, the following ordered         steps apply:     -   3. The variables dYInt[x] and dY[x][y] are derived as follows         using invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 depending on         intraPredMode:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{dYIn{t\lbrack x\rbrack}} = \left( {{\left( {x + 1} \right)^{*}i\;{nvAngle}} + 256} \right)}\operatorname{>>}9}{{{{dY}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {y + {dYIn{t\lbrack x\rbrack}}}}} & \left( {8\text{-}261} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   4. The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and         wTL[x][y] are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {y < \left( {3 ⪡ {nScale}} \right)} \right)\mspace{14mu}?\mspace{14mu}{sideRef}}\left\lbrack {d{{Y\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right\rbrack}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}262} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}263} \right) \\ {{w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}264} \right) \\ {{w{L\lbrack x\rbrack}} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}265} \right) \\ {{{wT}{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}266} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and wTL[x][y]         are all set equal to 0.         The values of the modified predicted samples predSamples[x][y],         with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1 are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{clip}\; 1{{Cmp}\left( {\left( {{{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}*{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack}} + {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}*{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack}} - {{{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}*{{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} + {\left( {64 - {{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} - {{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} + {{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right)*{{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} + 32} \right) ⪢ 6} \right)}}} & \left( {8\text{-}267} \right) \end{matrix}$ Alternatively, the above lines may be replaced by: The variable nScale is derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is greater than INTRA_ANGULAR50, nScale is set         equal to Min(2, Log 2(nTbH)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using         invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is less than INTRA_ANGULAR18 and is         greater than INTRA_DC, nScale is set equal to Min(2, Log         2(nTbW)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using invAngle as         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR or INTRA_DC         or INTRA_ANGULAR18 or INTRA_ANGULAR50, nScale is set to ((Log         2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2).

5.2 One Example

This is an example of bullet 2 and 3.

8.4.5.2.5 General Intra Sample Prediction

Inputs to this process are:

-   -   a sample location (xTbCmp, yTbCmp) specifying the top-left         sample of the current transform block relative to the top-left         sample of the current picture,     -   a variable predModeIntra specifying the intra prediction mode,     -   a variable nTbW specifying the transform block width,     -   a variable nTbH specifying the transform block height,     -   a variable nCbW specifying the coding block width,     -   a variable nCbH specifying the coding block height,     -   a variable cIdx specifying the colour component of the current         block.         Outputs of this process are the predicted samples         predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1.         The variables refW and refH are derived as follows:     -   If IntraSubPartitionsSplitType is equal to ISP_NO_SPLIT or cIdx         is not equal to 0, the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{refW} = {{nTbW}*2}} & \left( {8\text{-}118} \right) \\ {{refH} = {{nTbH}*2}} & \left( {8\text{-}119} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise (IntraSubPartitionsSplitType is not equal to         ISP_NO_SPLIT and cIdx is equal to 0), the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{refW} = {{nCbW} + {nTbW}}} & \left( {8\text{-}120} \right) \\ {{refH} = {{nCbH} + {nTbH}}} & \left( {8\text{-}121} \right) \end{matrix}$ The variable refIdx specifying the intra prediction reference line index is derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{refIdx} = {{{{\left( {{cIdx}==0} \right)\mspace{14mu}?\mspace{14mu}{IntraLumaRefLineIdx}}\lbrack{xTbCmp}\rbrack}\lbrack{yTbyCmp}\rbrack}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}122} \right) \end{matrix}$ The wide angle intra prediction mode mapping process as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.6 is invoked with predModeIntra, nTbW, nTbH and cIdx as inputs, and the modified predModeIntra as output. The variable refFilterFlag is derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is equal to one of the following values: 0,         −14, −12, −10, −6, 2, 34, 66, 72, 76, 78, 80, then refFilterFlag         is set equal to 1.     -   Otherwise, refFilterFlag is set equal to 0.         For the generation of the reference samples p[x][y] with         x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . .         refW−1, y=−1−refIdx, the following ordered steps apply:     -   4. The reference sample availability marking process as         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.7 is invoked with the sample         location (xTbCmp, yTbCmp), the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, the reference sample width refW, the reference         sample height refH, the colour component index cIdx as inputs,         and the reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         as output.     -   5. When at least one sample refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         is marked as “not available for intra prediction”, the reference         sample substitution process as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.8 is         invoked with the intra prediction reference line index refIdx,         the reference sample width refW, the reference sample height         refH, the reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1,         y=−1−refIdx, and the colour component index cIdx as inputs, and         the modified reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         as output.     -   6. The reference sample filtering process as specified in clause         8.4.5.2.9 is invoked with the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, the transform block width nTbW and height nTbH,         the reference sample width refW, the reference sample height         refH, the reference filter flag refFilterFlag, the unfiltered         samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . .         refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx, and the colour         component index cIdx as inputs, and the reference samples         p[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx         . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx as output.         The intra sample prediction process according to predModeIntra         applies as follows:     -   If predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR, the corresponding         intra prediction mode process specified in clause 8.4.5.2.10 is         invoked with the transform block width nTbW, and the transform         block height nTbH, and the reference sample array p as inputs,         and the output is the predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_DC, the         corresponding intra prediction mode process specified in clause         8.4.5.2.11 is invoked with the transform block width nTbW, the         transform block height nTbH, the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, and the reference sample array p as inputs, and         the output is the predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_LT_CCLM,         INTRA_L_CCLM or INTRA_T_CCLM, the corresponding intra prediction         mode process specified in clause 8.4.5.2.13 is invoked with the         intra prediction mode predModeIntra, the sample location (xTbC,         yTbC) set equal to (xTbCmp, yTbCmp), the transform block width         nTbW and height nTbH, the colour component index cIdx, and the         reference sample array p as inputs, and the output is the         predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, the corresponding intra prediction mode process         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 is invoked with the intra         prediction mode predModeIntra, the intra prediction reference         line index refIdx, the transform block width nTbW, the transform         block height nTbH, the reference sample width refW, the         reference sample height refH, the coding block width nCbW and         height nCbH, the reference filter flag refFilterFlag, the colour         component index cIdx, and the reference sample array p as         inputs, and the predicted sample array predSamples as outputs.         When all of the following conditions are true, the         position-dependent prediction sample filtering process specified         in clause 8.4.5.2.14 is invoked with the intra prediction mode         predModeIntra, the transform block width nTbW, the transform         block height nTbH, the predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with         x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1, the reference sample width         refW, the reference sample height refH, the reference samples         p[x][y], with x=−1, y=−1 . . . refH−1 and x=0 . . . refW−1,         y=−1, and the colour component index cIdx as inputs, and the         output is the modified predicted sample array predSamples:     -   nTbW is greater than or equal to 4 and nTbH is greater than or         equal to 4 or cIdx is not equal to 0     -   refIdx is equal to 0 or cIdx is not equal to 0     -   BdpcmFlag[xTbCmp][xTbCmp] is equal to 0     -   One of the following conditions is true:         -   predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR         -   predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_DC         -   predModeIntra is less than or equal to INTRA_ANGULAR18         -   predModeIntra is [[less]] greater than or equal to             INTRA_ANGULAR50 and is less than INTRA_LT_CCLM.

5.4 One Example

This is an example of bullet 4.

8.4.5.2.5 General Intra Sample Prediction

Inputs to this process are:

-   -   a sample location (xTbCmp, yTbCmp) specifying the top-left         sample of the current transform block relative to the top-left         sample of the current picture,     -   a variable predModeIntra specifying the intra prediction mode,     -   a variable nTbW specifying the transform block width,     -   a variable nTbH specifying the transform block height,     -   a variable nCbW specifying the coding block width,     -   a variable nCbH specifying the coding block height,     -   a variable cIdx specifying the colour component of the current         block.         Outputs of this process are the predicted samples         predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1.         The variables refW and refH are derived as follows:     -   If IntraSubPartitionsSplitType is equal to ISP_NO_SPLIT or cIdx         is not equal to 0, the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{refW} = {{nTbW}*2}} & \left( {8\text{-}118} \right) \\ {{refH} = {{nTbH}*2}} & \left( {8\text{-}119} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise (IntraSubPartitionsSplitType is not equal to         ISP_NO_SPLIT and cIdx is equal to 0), the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{refW} = {{nCbW} + {nTbW}}} & \left( {8\text{-}120} \right) \\ {{refH} = {{nCbH} + {nTbH}}} & \left( {8\text{-}121} \right) \end{matrix}$ The variable refIdx specifying the intra prediction reference line index is derived as follows: refIdx=(cIdx==0)? IntraLumaRefLineIdx[xTbCmp][yTbCmp]:0  (8-122) The wide angle intra prediction mode mapping process as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.6 is invoked with predModeIntra, nTbW, nTbH and cIdx as inputs, and the modified predModeIntra as output. The variable refFilterFlag is derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is equal to one of the following values: 0,         −14, −12, −10, −6, 2, 34, 66, 72, 76, 78, 80, then refFilterFlag         is set equal to 1.     -   Otherwise, refFilterFlag is set equal to 0.         For the generation of the reference samples p[x][y] with         x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . .         refW−1, y=−1−refIdx, the following ordered steps apply:     -   7. The reference sample availability marking process as         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.7 is invoked with the sample         location (xTbCmp, yTbCmp), the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, the reference sample width refW, the reference         sample height refH, the colour component index cIdx as inputs,         and the reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         as output.     -   8. When at least one sample refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         is marked as “not available for intra prediction”, the reference         sample substitution process as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.8 is         invoked with the intra prediction reference line index refIdx,         the reference sample width refW, the reference sample height         refH, the reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1,         y=−1−refIdx, and the colour component index cIdx as inputs, and         the modified reference samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx,         y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx         as output.     -   9. The reference sample filtering process as specified in clause         8.4.5.2.9 is invoked with the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, the transform block width nTbW and height nTbH,         the reference sample width refW, the reference sample height         refH, the reference filter flag refFilterFlag, the unfiltered         samples refUnfilt[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . .         refH−1 and x=−refIdx . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx, and the colour         component index cIdx as inputs, and the reference samples         p[x][y] with x=−1−refIdx, y=−1−refIdx . . . refH−1 and x=−refIdx         . . . refW−1, y=−1−refIdx as output.         The intra sample prediction process according to predModeIntra         applies as follows:     -   If predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR, the corresponding         intra prediction mode process specified in clause 8.4.5.2.10 is         invoked with the transform block width nTbW, and the transform         block height nTbH, and the reference sample array p as inputs,         and the output is the predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_DC, the         corresponding intra prediction mode process specified in clause         8.4.5.2.11 is invoked with the transform block width nTbW, the         transform block height nTbH, the intra prediction reference line         index refIdx, and the reference sample array p as inputs, and         the output is the predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_LT_CCLM,         INTRA_L_CCLM or INTRA T_CCLM, the corresponding intra prediction         mode process specified in clause 8.4.5.2.13 is invoked with the         intra prediction mode predModeIntra, the sample location (xTbC,         yTbC) set equal to (xTbCmp, yTbCmp), the transform block width         nTbW and height nTbH, the colour component index cIdx, and the         reference sample array p as inputs, and the output is the         predicted sample array predSamples.     -   Otherwise, the corresponding intra prediction mode process         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 is invoked with the intra         prediction mode predModeIntra, the intra prediction reference         line index refIdx, the transform block width nTbW, the transform         block height nTbH, the reference sample width refW, the         reference sample height refH, the coding block width nCbW and         height nCbH, the reference filter flag refFilterFlag, the colour         component index cIdx, and the reference sample array p as         inputs, and the predicted sample array predSamples as outputs.         When all of the following conditions are true, the         position-dependent prediction sample filtering process specified         in clause 8.4.5.2.14 is invoked with the intra prediction mode         predModeIntra, the transform block width nTbW, the transform         block height nTbH, the predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with         x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1, the reference sample width         refW, the reference sample height refH, the reference samples         p[x][y], with x=−1, y=−1 . . . refH−1 and x=0 . . . refW−1,         y=−1, and the colour component index cIdx as inputs, and the         output is the modified predicted sample array predSamples:     -   nTbW is greater than or equal to 4 and nTbH is greater than or         equal to 4 or cIdx is not equal to 0     -   refIdx is equal to 0 or cIdx is not equal to 0     -   BdpcmFlag[xTbCmp][xTbCmp] is equal to 0     -   predModeIntra is less than INTRA_LT_CCLM     -   [[One of the following conditions is true:         -   predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR         -   predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_DC         -   predModeIntra is less than or equal to INTRA_ANGULAR18         -   predModeIntra is less than or equal to INTRA_ANGULAR50]]             8.4.5.2.14 Position-Dependent Intra Prediction Sample             Filtering Process             Inputs to this process are:     -   the intra prediction mode predModeIntra,     -   a variable nTbW specifying the transform block width,     -   a variable nTbH specifying the transform block height,     -   a variable refW specifying the reference samples width,     -   a variable refH specifying the reference samples height,     -   the predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1,         y=0 . . . nTbH−1,     -   the neighbouring samples p[x][y], with x=−1, y=−1 . . . refH−1         and x=0 . . . refW−1, y=−1,     -   a variable cIdx specifying the colour component of the current         block.         Outputs of this process are the modified predicted samples         predSamples[x][y] with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1.         Depending on the value of cIdx, the function clip1Cmp is set as         follows:     -   If cIdx is equal to 0, clip1Cmp is set equal to Clip1_(Y).     -   Otherwise, clip1Cmp is set equal to Clip1_(C).         The variable nScale is derived as follows:     -   If predModeIntra is equal to one of the following values, nScale         is set to ((Log 2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2).         -   INTRA_PLANAR         -   INTRA_DC         -   INTRA_ANGULAR18         -   INTRA_ANGULAR50     -   Otherwise, i[[I]]f predModeIntra is greater than or equal to         INTRA_ANGULAR34 [[INTRA_ANGULAR50]], nScale is set equal to         Min(2, Log 2(nTbH)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using invAngle         as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, [[if predModeIntra is greater than less than         INTRA_ANGULAR18,]] nScale is set equal to Min(2, Log         2(nTbW)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using invAngle as         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12.     -   [[Otherwise, nScale is set to ((Log 2(nTbW)+Log         2(nTbH)−2)>>2).]]         If nScale is less than zero, this process is terminated         The reference sample arrays mainRef[x] and sideRef[y], with x=0         . . . refW−1 and y=0 . . . refH−1 are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{mai{{nRef}\lbrack x\rbrack}} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}}{{sid{{eRef}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}}} & \left( {8\text{-}244} \right) \end{matrix}$ The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and wTL[x][y] with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1 are derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR or INTRA_DC, the         following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}245} \right) \\ {{{ref}{{T\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}246} \right) \\ {{w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {y ⪢ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}247} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}248} \right) \\ {{{wT}{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}249} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_ANGULAR18 or         INTRA_ANGULAR50, the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}250} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}251} \right) \\ {{w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{{\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR18}} \right)?32} ⪢ \left( {\left( {y ⪢ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}252} \right) \\ {{{wT}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {{{\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR50}} \right)?32} ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}253} \right) \\ {{{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR18}} \right)?\mspace{14mu}{wT}}\lbrack y\rbrack}:{{wL}\left\lbrack x \right.}}} & \left( {8\text{-}254} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is less than INTRA_ANGULAR18 and         nScale is equal to or greater than 0, the following ordered         steps apply:     -   5. The variables dXInt[y] and dX[x][y] are derived as follows         using invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 depending on         intraPredMode:

$\begin{matrix} {{{dXIn}{t\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {\left( {{\left( {y + 1} \right)*{invAngle}} + 256} \right) ⪢ 9}} & \left( {8\text{-}255} \right) \\ {{d{{X\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {x + {{dXIn}{t\lbrack y\rbrack}}}} & \; \end{matrix}$

-   -   6. The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and         wTL[x][y] are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}256} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {y < \left( {3 ⪡ {nScale}} \right)} \right)\mspace{14mu}?\mspace{14mu}{mainRef}}\left\lbrack {d{{X\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right\rbrack}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}257} \right) \\ {{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {y ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}258} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}259} \right) \\ {{{wT}{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}260} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is greater than INTRA_ANGULAR50 and         nScale is equal to or greater than 0, the following ordered         steps apply:     -   5. The variables dYInt[x] and dY[x][y] are derived as follows         using invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 depending on         intraPredMode:

$\begin{matrix} {{{dYIn}{t\lbrack x\rbrack}} = {\left( {{\left( {x + 1} \right)*{invAngle}} + 256} \right) ⪢ 9}} & \left( {8\text{-}261} \right) \\ {{d{{Y\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {y + {{dYIn}{t\lbrack x\rbrack}}}} & \; \end{matrix}$

-   -   6. The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and         wTL[x][y] are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {y < \left( {3 ⪡ {nScale}} \right)} \right)\mspace{14mu}?\mspace{14mu}{sideRef}}\left\lbrack {d{{Y\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right\rbrack}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}262} \right) \\ {{{ref}{{T\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}263} \right) \\ {{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}264} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}265} \right) \\ {{{wT}{{L\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}266} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], wL[x] and wTL[x][y]         are all set equal to 0.         The values of the modified predicted samples predSamples[x][y],         with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1 are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{clip}\; 1{{Cmp}\left( {\left( {{{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}*{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack}} + {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}*{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack}} - {{{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}*{{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} + {\left( {64 - {{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} - {{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} + {{{wTL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right)*{{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} + 32} \right) ⪢ 6} \right)}}} & \left( {8\text{-}267} \right) \end{matrix}$

5.5 One Example

This is an example of bullet 8. The spec is on top of JVET-P2001-vB.

8.4.5.2.14 Position-Dependent Intra Prediction Sample Filtering Process

Inputs to this process are:

-   -   the intra prediction mode predModeIntra,     -   a variable nTbW specifying the transform block width,     -   a variable nTbH specifying the transform block height,     -   a variable refW specifying the reference samples width,     -   a variable refH specifying the reference samples height,     -   the predicted samples predSamples[x][y], with x=0 . . . nTbW−1,         y=0 . . . nTbH−1,     -   the neighbouring samples p[_(x)][y], with x=−1, y=−1 . . .         refH−1 and x=0 . . . refW−1, y=−1,     -   a variable cIdx specifying the colour component of the current         block.         Outputs of this process are the modified predicted samples         predSamples[x][y] with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1.         The variable nScale is derived as follows:     -   If predModeIntra is greater than INTRA_ANGULAR50, nScale is set         equal to Min(2, Log 2(nTbH)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using         invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is less than INTRA_ANGULAR18 and not         equal to INTRA_PLANAR, nScale is set equal to Min(2, Log         2(nTbW)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8), using invAngle as         specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12.     -   Otherwise, nScale is set to ((Log 2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2).         If nScale is less than zero, this process is terminated         The reference sample arrays mainRef[x] and sideRef[y], with x=0         . . . refW−1 and y=0 . . . refH−1 are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{mai{{nRef}\lbrack x\rbrack}} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}230} \right) \\ {{{sid}{{eRef}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \; \end{matrix}$ The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], and wL[x] with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1 are derived as follows:

-   -   If predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_PLANAR or INTRA_DC, the         following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}231} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}} & \left( {8\text{-}232} \right) \\ {{w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {y ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}233} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}234} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is equal to INTRA_ANGULAR18 or         INTRA_ANGULAR50, the following applies:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} - {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack} + {pred{Sample}{{s\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}}}} & \left( {8\text{-}235} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{p\lbrack x\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack} - {{p\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack}\left\lbrack {- 1} \right\rbrack} + {{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}}} & \left( {8\text{-}236} \right) \\ {{w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {{{\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR18}} \right)?32} ⪢ \left( {\left( {y ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}237} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {{{\left( {{predModeIntra}=={INTRA\_ ANGULAR50}} \right)?32} ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}238} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is less than INTRA_ANGULAR18 and         nScale is equal to or greater than 0, the following ordered         steps apply:     -   7. The variables dXInt[y] and dX[x][y] are derived as follows         using invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 depending on         intraPredMode:

$\begin{matrix} {{{dXIn}{t\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {\left( {{\left( {y + 1} \right)*{invAngle}} + 256} \right) ⪢ 9}} & \left( {8\text{-}239} \right) \\ {{d{{X\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {x + {{dXIn}{t\lbrack y\rbrack}}}} & \; \end{matrix}$

-   -   8. The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], and wL[x] are         derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}240} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {y < \left( {3 ⪡ {nScale}} \right)} \right)\mspace{14mu}?\mspace{14mu}{mainRef}}\left\lbrack {d{{X\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right\rbrack}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}241} \right) \\ {{w{T\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {y ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}242} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}243} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, if predModeIntra is greater than INTRA_ANGULAR50 and         nScale is equal to or greater than 0, the following ordered         steps apply:     -   7. The variables dYInt[x] and dY[x][y] are derived as follows         using invAngle as specified in clause 8.4.5.2.12 depending on         intraPredMode:

$\begin{matrix} {{{dYIn}{t\lbrack x\rbrack}} = {\left( {{\left( {x + 1} \right)*{invAngle}} + 256} \right) ⪢ 9}} & \left( {8\text{-}244} \right) \\ {{d{{Y\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} = {y + {{dYInt}\lbrack x\rbrack}}} & \; \end{matrix}$

-   -   8. The variables refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], and wL[x] are         derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{{\left( {x < \left( {3 ⪡ {nScale}} \right)} \right)\mspace{14mu}?\mspace{14mu}{sideRef}}\left\lbrack {d{{Y\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right\rbrack}:0}} & \left( {8\text{-}245} \right) \\ {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}246} \right) \\ {{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack} = 0} & \left( {8\text{-}247} \right) \\ {{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack} = {32 ⪢ \left( {\left( {x ⪡ 1} \right) ⪢ {nScale}} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}248} \right) \end{matrix}$

-   -   Otherwise, refL[x][y], refT[x][y], wT[y], and wL[x] are all set         equal to 0.         The values of the modified predicted samples predSamples[x][y],         with x=0 . . . nTbW−1, y=0 . . . nTbH−1 are derived as follows:

$\begin{matrix} {{{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack} = {{Clip}\; 1\left( {\left( {{{{{refL}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}*{{wL}\lbrack x\rbrack}} + {{{{refT}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}*{{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack}} + {\left( {64 - {w{L\lbrack x\rbrack}} - {{wT}\lbrack y\rbrack}} \right)*{{{predSamples}\lbrack x\rbrack}\lbrack y\rbrack}} + 32} \right) ⪢ 6} \right)}} & \left( {8\text{-}249} \right) \end{matrix}$

FIG. 11A is a block diagram of a video processing apparatus 1100. The apparatus 1100 may be used to implement one or more of the methods described herein. The apparatus 1100 may be embodied in a smartphone, tablet, computer, Internet of Things (IoT) receiver, and so on. The apparatus 1100 may include one or more processors 1102, one or more memories 1104 and video processing hardware 1106. The processor(s) 1102 may be configured to implement one or more methods described in the present document. The memory (memories) 1104 may be used for storing data and code used for implementing the methods and techniques described herein. The video processing hardware 1106 may be used to implement, in hardware circuitry, some techniques described in the present document. In some embodiments, the hardware 1106 may be at least partly internal to the processors 1102, e.g., a graphics co-processor.

FIG. 11B is another example of a block diagram of a video processing system in which disclosed techniques may be implemented. FIG. 11B is a block diagram showing an example video processing system 2400 in which various techniques disclosed herein may be implemented. Various implementations may include some or all of the components of the system 2400. The system 2400 may include input 2402 for receiving video content. The video content may be received in a raw or uncompressed format, e.g., 8 or 10 bit multi-component pixel values, or may be in a compressed or encoded format. The input 2402 may represent a network interface, a peripheral bus interface, or a storage interface. Examples of network interface include wired interfaces such as Ethernet, passive optical network (PON), etc. and wireless interfaces such as Wi-Fi or cellular interfaces.

The system 2400 may include a coding component 2404 that may implement the various coding or encoding methods described in the present document. The coding component 2404 may reduce the average bitrate of video from the input 2402 to the output of the coding component 2404 to produce a coded representation of the video. The coding techniques are therefore sometimes called video compression or video transcoding techniques. The output of the coding component 2404 may be either stored, or transmitted via a communication connected, as represented by the component 2406. The stored or communicated bitstream (or coded) representation of the video received at the input 2402 may be used by the component 2408 for generating pixel values or displayable video that is sent to a display interface 2410. The process of generating user-viewable video from the bitstream representation is sometimes called video decompression. Furthermore, while certain video processing operations are referred to as “coding” operations or tools, it will be appreciated that the coding tools or operations are used at an encoder and corresponding decoding tools or operations that reverse the results of the coding will be performed by a decoder.

Examples of a peripheral bus interface or a display interface may include universal serial bus (USB) or high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) or Displayport, and so on. Examples of storage interfaces include SATA (serial advanced technology attachment), PCI, IDE interface, and the like. The techniques described in the present document may be embodied in various electronic devices such as mobile phones, laptops, smartphones or other devices that are capable of performing digital data processing and/or video display.

In some embodiments, the video processing methods discussed in this patent document may be implemented using an apparatus that is implemented on a hardware platform as described with respect to FIG. 11A or 11B.

Some embodiments of the disclosed technology include making a decision or determination to enable a video processing tool or mode. In an example, when the video processing tool or mode is enabled, the encoder will use or implement the tool or mode in the processing of a block of video, but may not necessarily modify the resulting bitstream based on the usage of the tool or mode. That is, a conversion from the block of video to the bitstream representation of the video will use the video processing tool or mode when it is enabled based on the decision or determination. In another example, when the video processing tool or mode is enabled, the decoder will process the bitstream with the knowledge that the bitstream has been modified based on the video processing tool or mode. That is, a conversion from the bitstream representation of the video to the block of video will be performed using the video processing tool or mode that was enabled based on the decision or determination.

Some embodiments of the disclosed technology include making a decision or determination to disable a video processing tool or mode. In an example, when the video processing tool or mode is disabled, the encoder will not use the tool or mode in the conversion of the block of video to the bitstream representation of the video. In another example, when the video processing tool or mode is disabled, the decoder will process the bitstream with the knowledge that the bitstream has not been modified using the video processing tool or mode that was disabled based on the decision or determination.

In the present document, the term “video processing” may refer to video encoding, video decoding, video compression or video decompression. For example, video compression algorithms may be applied during conversion from pixel representation of a video to a corresponding bitstream representation or vice versa. The bitstream representation of a current video block may, for example, correspond to bits that are either co-located or spread in different places within the bitstream, as is defined by the syntax. For example, a macroblock may be encoded in terms of transformed and coded error residual values and also using bits in headers and other fields in the bitstream.

Various techniques and embodiments may be described using the following clause-based format. The first set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of the disclosed techniques in the previous section.

The following clauses may be implemented together with additional techniques described in items listed in the previous section (e.g., item 1).

1. A method of video processing (e.g., method 1200 shown in FIG. 12 ), comprising: determining (1202), for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the current video block, a weighting factor applied to neighboring samples for the conversion using a self-coding mode, wherein the weighting factor is completely defined by a size of the current video block or a sample position at which the weighting factor is applied, and performing (1204) the conversion based on the determining, wherein the self-coding mode comprises a planar coding mode of a direct current (DC) coding mode.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the sample position is (x, y) and wherein the weighting factor for the neighboring samples that are above neighboring samples is wT[y]=N1>>((y N2)>>nScale), wherein nScale=((Log 2(W)+Log 2(H)−N3)>>N4) where N1, N2, N3 and N4 are non-negative integers.

3. The method of clause 1, wherein the sample position is (x, y) and wherein the weighting factor for the neighboring samples that are left neighboring samples is wL[x]=N1>>((x N2)>>nScale), wherein nScale=((Log 2(W)+Log 2(H)−N3)>>N4), where N1, N2, N3 and N4 are non-negative integers.

4. The method of clause 1, wherein the sample position is (x, y) and the weighting factor of the neighboring samples in a top-left position is zero.

5. The method of any of clauses 1-4, wherein, N1=32, N2=1, N3=2, or N4=2.

The following clauses may be implemented together with additional techniques described in items listed in the previous section (e.g., items 2, 3, 4 and 7).

6. A method of video processing, comprising: determining, during a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the current video block, whether a self-coding mode is applied to the current video block based on a rule that uses a coding mode used for the conversion current video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining.

7. The method of clause 6, wherein the coding mode includes a cross-component linear model (CCLM).

8. The method of clause 7, wherein the rule specifies to disable the self-coding mode in case that the CCLM is used.

9. The method of clause 7, wherein the rule specifies to enable the self-coding mode in case that the CCLM is used.

10. The method of clause 9, wherein a second rule further specifies locations of reference samples to be used during the self-coding based conversion.

11. The method of clause 10, wherein the second rule specifies to use locations same as locations of reference samples used in a planar coding mode.

12. The method of clause 10, wherein the second rule specifies that the self-coding uses predicted luma samples or derived chroma neighboring samples during the conversion of the current video block.

13. The method of clause 6, wherein the coding mode includes a wide-angular intra prediction mode.

14. The method of clause 6, wherein the rule specifies to disable the self-coding mode in case that the wide-angular intra prediction mode is used.

15. The method of clause 6, wherein the rule specifies to enable the self-coding due to the wide-angular intra prediction mode being used.

16. The method of clause 6, wherein the coding mode is defined by whether above or left samples are involved during intra prediction of the current video block.

17. The method of clause 16, wherein the intra prediction comprises an angular intra prediction mode.

18. The method of clause 6, wherein the coding mode corresponds to a height or a width of the current video block or a shape of the current video block.

19. The method of clause 18, wherein the rule specifies that the self-coding mode is disabled due to the current video block having a non-square shape.

The following clauses may be implemented together with additional techniques described in items listed in the previous section (e.g., item 5).

20. A method of video processing, comprising: determining, during a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the current video block, whether a self-coding mode is applied to the current video block based on a rule that uses a component of the current video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining.

21. The method of clause 20, wherein the rule defines to enable the self-coding mode due to the current video block being a luma block.

22. The method of clause 20, wherein the rule defines to disable the self-coding mode due to the current video block being a chroma block.

The following clauses may be implemented together with additional techniques described in items listed in the previous section (e.g., item 6).

23. A method of video processing, comprising: determining, during a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the current video block, to apply multiple self-coding modes to the current video block based on a rule; and performing the conversion using a result of applying the multiple self-coding modes.

24. The method of clause 23, wherein the multiple self-coding modes include a coding mode based on filtered or unfiltered left neighboring samples.

25. The method of clause 23, wherein the multiple self-coding modes include a coding mode based on filtered or unfiltered above neighboring samples.

26. The method of any of clauses 23-25, wherein the rule is based on a coded information including a dimension of the current video block or a shape of the current video block or a ratio of a height and a width of the current video block or a flag signaled in the coded representation.

27. The method of any of above clauses, wherein the self-coding mode includes a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) mode.

28. The method of any of clauses 1 to 27, wherein the conversion comprises encoding the video into the coded representation.

29. The method of any of clauses 1 to 27, wherein the conversion comprises decoding the coded representation to generate pixel values of the video.

30. A video decoding apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method recited in one or more of clauses 1 to 27.

31. A video encoding apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method recited in one or more of clauses 1 to 27.

32. A computer program product having computer code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to implement a method recited in any of clauses 1 to 27.

33. A method, apparatus or system described in the present document.

The second set of clauses describe certain features and aspects of the disclosed techniques in the previous section, for example, Example Implementation 2-8.

1. A method of video processing (e.g., method 1410 shown in FIG. 14A), comprising: determining (1412), based on a coding mode of a current video block of a video, whether a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method is used for coding the current video block based on a first rule; and performing (1414) a conversion between the current video block and a coded representation of the video according to the determining, wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

2. The method of clause 1, wherein the coding mode includes a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode that uses a linear mode to derive prediction values of a chroma component from another component.

3. The method of clause 2, wherein the first rule specifies not to apply the PDPC method in case that the CCLM mode is used for the conversion.

4. The method of clause 2, wherein the first rule specifies to apply the PDPC method in a case that the CCLM mode is used for the conversion.

5. The method of clause 4, wherein the prediction signal is generated from luma blocks and chroma neighboring samples are utilized to derive a final prediction chroma block.

6. The method of clause 5, further comprising determining, how to select the chroma neighboring samples and/or determine a weighting factor applied to the chroma neighboring samples based on a second rule, wherein the second rule is applied to a predefined coding mode.

7. The method of clause 5, further comprising, use an intra prediction mode to select the chroma neighboring samples and determine a weighting factor applied to the chroma neighboring samples in a case that a corresponding luma block is coded in the intra prediction mode.

8. The method of clause 2, wherein the first rule specifies to apply the PDPC method, the prediction signal of the current video block is generated from luma blocks and the prediction signal is used to derive chroma neighboring samples.

9. The method of clause 8, wherein the chroma neighboring samples are derived from neighboring luma samples of a corresponding luma block to the current video block by using a linear model derived during a cross-component linear model (CCLM) process.

10. The method of clause 1, wherein corresponding reconstructed luma samples in a corresponding luma block to the current video block are filtered by using the PDPC method before being used for predicting chroma samples.

11. The method of clause 10, further comprising determining, how to select neighboring samples and/or determine a weighting factor applied to the neighboring samples based on a third rule.

12. The method of clause 11, wherein the third rule is applied to a predefined coding mode.

13. The method of clause 11 or 12, wherein the third rule is based on an intra prediction mode of the corresponding luma block.

14. The method of clause 1, wherein the coding mode includes a wide-angular intra prediction mode.

15. The method of clause 1, wherein the coding mode is defined based on whether at least one of above neighboring samples or left neighboring samples of samples of the current video block are involved along an intra prediction direction such that samples are predicted from the above or left neighboring samples.

16. The method of clause 15, wherein the intra prediction direction is defined as an angular intra prediction mode.

17. The method of clause 15, wherein the determining determines that the PDPC method is applied in case that both of the above neighboring samples and the left neighboring samples are involved along the intra prediction direction for predicting at least N samples of the current video block, and wherein N is an integer.

18. The method of clause 15, wherein the first rule specifies not to apply the PDPC method in case that both of the above neighboring samples and the left neighboring samples are not involved during an intra prediction process for predicting a sample of the current video block.

19. A method of video processing (e.g., method 1420 shown in FIG. 14B), comprising: determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, an applicability of a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method to the current video block based on a color component of the video; and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

20. The method of clause 19, wherein the PDPC method is applied for a luma color component and not applied for at least one chroma color component.

21. A method of video processing (e.g., method 1430 shown in FIG. 14C), comprising: determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, how to apply a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method to the current video block based on a rule; and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block, and wherein the rule makes the determination based on a number of samples used during a filtering process to derive a final prediction sample.

22. The method of clause 21, wherein the final prediction sample is derived according to one or more multiple left neighboring samples.

23. The method of clause 21, wherein the final prediction sample is derived according to one or more multiple above neighboring samples.

24. The method of clause 21, wherein the rule further specifies how to apply the PDPC method based on a coded information including at least one of i) a dimension of the current video block, ii) a shape of the current video block, iii) a ratio of a height and a width of the current video block, or iv) an index or a flag signaled in the coded representation.

25. A method of video processing (e.g., method 1440 shown in FIG. 14D), comprising: determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, an applicability of a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method to the current video block based on a block dimension and/or a block shape of the current video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

26. The method of clause 25, wherein the PDPC method is not applied to the current video block due to the block shape being a non-square.

27. The method of clause 25, wherein the applicability of the PDPC method depends on a ratio of a height and a width of the current video block.

28. The method of clause 25, wherein the PDPC method is not applied due to a width of the current video block, the width being smaller than or equal to a threshold T.

29. The method of clause 25, wherein the PDPC method is not applied due to a height of the current video block, the height being smaller than or equal to a threshold T.

30. The method of clause 25, wherein the PDPC method is not applied due to a number of luma samples in the current video block, the number being smaller than or equal to a threshold T.

31. The method of clause 25, wherein the PDPC method is not applied due to a width of the current video block, the width being greater than or equal to a threshold T.

32. The method of clause 25, wherein the PDPC method is not applied due to a height of the current video block, the height being greater than or equal to a threshold T.

33. The method of clause 25, wherein the PDPC method is not applied due to a number of luma samples in the current video block, the number being greater than or equal to a threshold T.

34. The method of clause 25, wherein the applicability of the PDPC method is determined independently for different color components.

35. A method of video processing (e.g., method 1450 shown in FIG. 14E), comprising: determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a coded representation of the video, an applicability of a position dependent intra prediction combination (PDPC) method to the current video block based on a block dimension and/or an angular intra prediction direction of the current video block; and performing the conversion based on the determining, and wherein the PDPC method combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a refined prediction signal of the current video block.

36. The method of clause 35, wherein, due to a vertical angular prediction direction or a horizontal angular prediction direction, the PDPC method is not applied based on a relationship between a height and/or a width of the current video block and a threshold.

37. The method of clause 36, wherein the threshold corresponds to T1 due to the vertical angular prediction direction, and the PDPC method is not applied in a case that the height and/or the width of the current video block is smaller than T1.

38. The method of clause 36, wherein the threshold corresponds to T2 due to the vertical angular prediction direction, and the PDPC method is not applied in a case that the height and/or the width the current video block is greater than T2.

39. The method of clause 36, wherein the threshold corresponds to T3 due to the horizontal angular prediction direction, and the PDPC method is not applied in a case that the height and/or the width of the current video block is smaller than T3.

40. The method of clause 36, wherein the threshold corresponds to T4 due to the horizontal angular prediction direction, and the PDPC method is not applied in a case that the height and/or the width of the current video block is greater than T4.

41. The method of clause 36, wherein the threshold depends on a tangent value of the angular intra prediction direction.

42. The method of clause 41, wherein the threshold depends on an angle parameter that equals to the tangent value of the angular intra prediction direction multiplied by a factor.

43. The method of clause 41, wherein the angle parameter is predefined according to a rule.

44. The method of clause 36, wherein the threshold depends on a cotangent value of the angular intra prediction direction.

45. The method of clause 44, wherein the threshold depends on an inverse angle parameter that equals to the cotangent value of the angular intra prediction direction multiplied by a factor.

46. The method of clause 44, wherein the inverse angle parameter is predefined according to a rule.

47. The method of clause 36, wherein the threshold corresponds to T1 or T3 that is defined as 2^(Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle-2))-8), wherein the PDPC method is not applied, due to the vertical angular prediction direction, in a case that the height and/or the width of the current video block is smaller than T1, and wherein the PDPC method is not applied, due to a horizontal angular prediction direction, in a case that the height and/or the width of the current video block is smaller than T3, and wherein invAngle equals to a cotangent value of the angular intra prediction direction, floor(x) is the largest integer less than or equal to x, and Log 2(x) indicates binary logarithm of x.

48. The method of clause 35, wherein, for a vertical prediction direction, the PDPC method is not applied in case that Log 2(nTbH)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8 is less than 0, wherein nTbH is a height of the current video block.

49. The method of clause 35, wherein, for a horizontal prediction direction, the PDPC method is not applied in case that Log 2(nTbHW)−Floor(Log 2(3*invAngle−2))+8 is less than 0, wherein nTbH is a width of the current video block.

50. The method of any of clauses 36 to 49, wherein the method is applied to the angular intra prediction direction with positive tangent value.

51. The method of clause 50, wherein the angular intra prediction direction is associated with i) a positive angle parameter intraPredAngle or ii) a positive inverse angle parameter invAngle, wherein intraPredAngle equals to the tangent value of the angular intra prediction direction multiplied by a factor and invAngle equals to the cotangent value of the angular intra prediction direction multiplied by a factor.

52. The method of clause 50, wherein the angular intra prediction direction does not correspond to a vertical prediction whose tangent value is positive infinite and a horizontal prediction whose cotangent value is negative infinite.

53. The method of clause 35, wherein the PDPC method is always disabled due to the angular intra prediction direction with negative tangent value.

54. The method of clause 18, wherein the angular intra prediction direction is associated with i) a negative angle parameter intraPredAngle or ii) a negative inverse angle parameter invAngle, wherein intraPredAngle equals to the tangent value of the angular intra prediction direction multiplied by a factor and invAngle equals to the cotangent value of the angular intra prediction direction multiplied by a factor.

55. The method of any of clauses 1 to 54, wherein the performing of the conversion includes generating the coded representation from the current video block.

56. The method of any of clauses 1 to 54, wherein the performing of the conversion includes generating the current video block from the coded representation.

57. A video processing apparatus comprising a processor configured to implement a method recited in any one or more of clauses 1 to 56.

58. A computer readable medium storing program code that, when executed, causes a processor to implement a method recited in any one or more of clauses 1 to 56.

The disclosed and other solutions, examples, embodiments, modules and the functional operations described in this document can be implemented in digital electronic circuitry, or in computer software, firmware, or hardware, including the structures disclosed in this document and their structural equivalents, or in combinations of one or more of them. The disclosed and other embodiments can be implemented as one or more computer program products, i.e., one or more modules of computer program instructions encoded on a computer readable medium for execution by, or to control the operation of, data processing apparatus. The computer readable medium can be a machine-readable storage device, a machine-readable storage substrate, a memory device, a composition of matter effecting a machine-readable propagated signal, or a combination of one or more them. The term “data processing apparatus” encompasses all apparatus, devices, and machines for processing data, including by way of example a programmable processor, a computer, or multiple processors or computers. The apparatus can include, in addition to hardware, code that creates an execution environment for the computer program in question, e.g., code that constitutes processor firmware, a protocol stack, a database management system, an operating system, or a combination of one or more of them. A propagated signal is an artificially generated signal, e.g., a machine-generated electrical, optical, or electromagnetic signal, that is generated to encode information for transmission to suitable receiver apparatus.

A computer program (also known as a program, software, software application, script, or code) can be written in any form of programming language, including compiled or interpreted languages, and it can be deployed in any form, including as a stand-alone program or as a module, component, subroutine, or other unit suitable for use in a computing environment. A computer program does not necessarily correspond to a file in a file system. A program can be stored in a portion of a file that holds other programs or data (e.g., one or more scripts stored in a markup language document), in a single file dedicated to the program in question, or in multiple coordinated files (e.g., files that store one or more modules, sub programs, or portions of code). A computer program can be deployed to be executed on one computer or on multiple computers that are located at one site or distributed across multiple sites and interconnected by a communication network.

The processes and logic flows described in this document can be performed by one or more programmable processors executing one or more computer programs to perform functions by operating on input data and generating output. The processes and logic flows can also be performed by, and apparatus can also be implemented as, special purpose logic circuitry, e.g., an FPGA (field programmable gate array) or an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit).

Processors suitable for the execution of a computer program include, by way of example, both general and special purpose microprocessors, and any one or more processors of any kind of digital computer. Generally, a processor will receive instructions and data from a read only memory or a random-access memory or both. The essential elements of a computer are a processor for performing instructions and one or more memory devices for storing instructions and data. Generally, a computer will also include, or be operatively coupled to receive data from or transfer data to, or both, one or more mass storage devices for storing data, e.g., magnetic, magneto optical disks, or optical disks. However, a computer need not have such devices. Computer readable media suitable for storing computer program instructions and data include all forms of non-volatile memory, media and memory devices, including by way of example semiconductor memory devices, e.g., EPROM, EEPROM, and flash memory devices; magnetic disks, e.g., internal hard disks or removable disks; magneto optical disks; and CD ROM and DVD-ROM disks. The processor and the memory can be supplemented by, or incorporated in, special purpose logic circuitry.

While this patent document contains many specifics, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of any subject matter or of what may be claimed, but rather as descriptions of features that may be specific to particular embodiments of particular techniques. Certain features that are described in this patent document in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features that are described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any suitable subcombination. Moreover, although features may be described above as acting in certain combinations and even initially claimed as such, one or more features from a claimed combination can in some cases be excised from the combination, and the claimed combination may be directed to a subcombination or variation of a subcombination.

Similarly, while operations are depicted in the drawings in a particular order, this should not be understood as requiring that such operations be performed in the particular order shown or in sequential order, or that all illustrated operations be performed, to achieve desirable results. Moreover, the separation of various system components in the embodiments described in this patent document should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments.

Only a few implementations and examples are described and other implementations, enhancements and variations can be made based on what is described and illustrated in this patent document. 

The invention claimed is:
 1. A method of video processing, comprising: determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, whether a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode is used for the current video block, determining, for the current video block, whether a filtering process based on a position-dependent intra prediction is used for the current video block based on whether the CCLM mode is used for the current video block, generating reconstructed samples for the current video block based on whether the filtering process is used for the current video block, and performing the conversion according to the reconstructed samples, wherein the filtering process combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a modified prediction signal of the current video block, wherein the CCLM mode uses a linear model to derive prediction values of a chroma component from another component, wherein in the filtering process, the modified prediction signal of the current video block is generated based on (refL[x][y]*wL[x]+refT[x][y]*wT[y]+(64−wL[x]−wT[y])*predSamples[x][y]+32)>>6, where predSamples[x][y] denotes the prediction signal of the current video block, wherein in a case that a variable of predModeIntra indicates a planar mode and in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates a DC mode, refL[x][y] is equal to p[−1][y], refT[x][y] is equal to p[x][−1], wT[y]=32>>((y<<1)>>nScale) and wL[x]=32>>((x<<1)>>nScale), wherein in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates INTRA_ANGULAR18, refL[x][y]=p[−1][y]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], refT[x][y]=p[x][−1]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], wT[y]=32>>((y<<1)>>nScale), and wL[x]=0, and wherein in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates INTRA_ANGULAR50, refL[x][y]=p[−1][y]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], refT[x][y]=p[x][−1]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], wT[y]=0, and wL[x]=32>>(x<<1)>>nScale; wherein p[x][y] denotes neighbouring samples, and nScale is equal to (Log 2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2, where nTbW denotes a width of the current video block, and nTbH denotes a height of the current video block, and wherein the variable of predModeIntra specifies an intra prediction mode of the current video block.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the filtering process is not applied to the current video block in case that the CCLM mode is used for the current video block.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the CCLM mode comprises an INTRA_LT_CCLM mode, an INTRA_L_CCLM mode and an INTRA_T_CCLM mode; wherein, in the INTRA_LT_CCLM mode, above neighboring samples and left neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model, wherein, in the INTRA_L_CCLM mode, left neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model, and wherein, in the INTRA_T_CCLM mode, above neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the filtering process is allowed for the current video block in case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates an angular intra prediction mode having a direction greater than that of INTRA_ANGULAR50 in clockwise direction.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the filtering process is used for the current video block is further based on a dimension of the current video block.
 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the filtering process is applied to the current video block in case that a width of the current video block is greater than or equal to 4 and a height of the current video block is greater than or equal to
 4. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversion includes encoding the current video block into the bitstream.
 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversion includes decoding the current video block from the bitstream.
 9. An apparatus for processing video data, the apparatus comprising a processor and a non-transitory memory with instructions thereon, wherein the instructions upon execution by the processor, cause the processor to: determine, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, whether a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode is used for the current video block, determine, for the current video block, whether a filtering process based on a position-dependent intra prediction is used for the current video block based on whether the CCLM mode is used for the current video block, generate reconstructed samples for the current video block based on whether the filtering process is used for the current video block, and perform the conversion according to the reconstructed samples, wherein the filtering process combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a modified prediction signal of the current video block, wherein the CCLM mode uses a linear model to derive prediction values of a chroma component from another component, wherein in the filtering process, the modified prediction signal of the current video block is generated based on (refL[x][y]*wL[x]+refT[x][y]*wT[y]+(64−wL[x]−wT[y])*predSamples[x][y]+32)>>6, where predSamples[x][y] denotes the prediction signal of the current video block, wherein in a case that a variable of predModeIntra indicates a planar mode and in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates a DC mode, refL[x][y] is equal to p[−1][y], refT[x][y] is equal to p[x][−1], wT[y]=32>>((y<<1)>>nScale) and wL[x]=32>>((x<<1)>>nScale), wherein in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates INTRA_ANGULAR18, refL[x][y]=p[−1][y]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], refT[x][y]=p[x][−1]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], wT[y]=32>>((y<<1)>>nScale), and wL[x]=0, and wherein in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates INTRA_ANGULAR50, refL[x][y]=p[−1][y]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], refT[x][y]=p[x][−1]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], wT[y]=0, and wL[x]=32>>(x<<1)>>nScale, wherein p[x][y] denotes neighbouring samples, and nScale is equal to (Log 2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2, where nTbW denotes a width of the current video block, and nTbH denotes a height of the current video block, and wherein the variable of predModeIntra specifies an intra prediction mode of the current video block.
 10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the filtering process is not applied to the current video block in case that the CCLM mode is used for the current video block.
 11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the CCLM mode comprises an INTRA_LT_CCLM mode, an INTRA_L_CCLM mode and an INTRA_T_CCLM mode; wherein, in the INTRA_LT_CCLM mode, above neighboring samples and left neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model, wherein, in the INTRA_L_CCLM mode, left neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model, and wherein, in the INTRA_T_CCLM mode, above neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model.
 12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the filtering process is allowed for the current video block in case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates an angular intra prediction mode having a direction greater than that of INTRA_ANGULAR50 in clockwise direction.
 13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein determining whether the filtering process is used for the current video block is further based on a dimension of the current video block.
 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the filtering process is applied to the current video block in case that a width of the current video block is greater than or equal to 4 and a height of the current video block is greater than or equal to
 4. 15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that cause a processor to: determine, for a conversion between a current video block of a video and a bitstream of the video, whether a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode is used for the current video block, determine, for the current video block, whether a filtering process based on a position-dependent intra prediction is used for the current video block based on whether the CCLM mode is used for the current video block, generate reconstructed samples for the current video block based on whether the filtering process is used for the current video block, and perform the conversion according to the reconstructed samples, wherein the filtering process combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a modified prediction signal of the current video block, wherein the CCLM mode uses a linear model to derive prediction values of a chroma component from another component, wherein in the filtering process, the modified prediction signal of the current video block is generated based on (refL[x][y]*wL[x]+refT[x][y]*wT[y]+(64−wL[x]−wT[y])*predSamples[x][y]+32)>>6, where predSamples[x][y] denotes the prediction signal of the current video block, wherein in a case that a variable of predModeIntra indicates a planar mode and in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates a DC mode, refL[x][y] is equal to p[−1][y], refT[x][y] is equal to p[x][−1], wT[y]=32>>((y<<1)>>nScale) and wL[x]=32>>((x<<1)>>nScale), wherein in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates INTRA_ANGULAR18, refL[x][y]=p[−1][y]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], refT[x][y]=p[x][−1]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], wT[y]=32>>((y<<1)>>nScale), and wL[x]=0, and wherein in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates INTRA_ANGULAR50, refL[x][y]=p[−1][y]−p[−][−1]+predSamples[x][y], refT[x][y]=p[x][−1]−p[−1][−]+predSamples[x][y], wT[y]=0, and wL[x]=32>>(x<<1)>>nScale; wherein p[x][y] denotes neighbouring samples, and nScale is equal to (Log 2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2, where nTbW denotes a width of the current video block, and nTbH denotes a height of the current video block, and wherein the variable of predModeIntra specifies an intra prediction mode of the current video block.
 16. A method for storing a bitstream of a video, which comprises: determining, whether a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode is used for a current video block of a video, determining, for the current video block, whether a filtering process based on a position-dependent intra prediction is used for the current video block based on whether the CCLM mode is used for the current video block, generating reconstructed samples for the current video block based on whether the filtering process is used for the current video block, and generating the bitstream according to the reconstructed samples, storing the bitstream in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, wherein the filtering process combines neighboring samples with a prediction signal of the current video block to generate a modified prediction signal of the current video block, wherein the CCLM mode uses a linear model to derive prediction values of a chroma component from another component, wherein in the filtering process, the modified prediction signal of the current video block is generated based on (refL[x][y]*wL[x]+refT[x][y]*wT[y]+(64−wL[x]−wT[y])*predSamples[x][y]+32)>>6, where predSamples[x][y] denotes the prediction signal of the current video block, wherein in a case that a variable of predModeIntra indicates a planar mode and in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates a DC mode, refL[x][y] is equal to p[−1][y], refT[x][y] is equal to p[x][−1], wT[y]=32>>((y<<1)>>nScale) and wL[x]=32>>((x<<1)>>nScale), wherein in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates INTRA_ANGULAR18, refL[x][y]=p[−1][y]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], refT[x][y]=p[x][−1]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], wT[y]=32>>((y<<1)>>nScale), and wL[x]=0, and wherein in a case that the variable of predModeIntra indicates INTRA_ANGULAR50, refL[x][y]=p[−1][y]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], refT[x][y]=p[x][−1]−p[−1][−1]+predSamples[x][y], wT[y]=0, and wL[x]=32>>(x<<1)>>nScale; wherein p[x][y] denotes neighbouring samples, and nScale is equal to (Log 2(nTbW)+Log 2(nTbH)−2)>>2, where nTbW denotes a width of the current video block, and nTbH denotes a height of the current video block, and wherein the variable of predModeIntra specifies an intra prediction mode of the current video block.
 17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the filtering process is not applied to the current video block in case that the CCLM mode is used for the current video block.
 18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the CCLM mode comprises an INTRA_LT_CCLM mode, an INTRA_L_CCLM mode and an INTRA_T_CCLM mode; wherein, in the INTRA_LT_CCLM mode, above neighboring samples and left neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model, wherein, in the INTRA_L_CCLM mode, left neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model, and wherein, in the INTRA_T_CCLM mode, above neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model.
 19. The method of claim 16, wherein the filtering process is not applied to the current video block in case that the CCLM mode is used for the current video block.
 20. The method of claim 19, wherein the CCLM mode comprises an INTRA_LT_CCLM mode, an INTRA_L_CCLM mode and an INTRA_T_CCLM mode; wherein, in the INTRA_LT_CCLM mode, above neighboring samples and left neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model, wherein, in the INTRA_L_CCLM mode, left neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model, and wherein, in the INTRA_T_CCLM mode, above neighboring samples are used to determine coefficients of the linear model. 